[R] substitute column data frame based on name stored in variable in r

[Jim Lemon]

Hi Luigi,
It looks to me as though you will have to copy the data frame or store
the output in a new data frame.

Jim

On Mon, Aug 9, 2021 at 6:26 PM Luigi Marongiu <marongiu.luigi using gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello,
> I would like to recursively select the columns of a dataframe by
> strong the names of the dataframe in a vector and extracting one
> element of the vector at a time. This I can do with, for instance:
> ```
> vect = names(df)
> sub_df[vect[1]]
> ```
>
> The problem is that I would like also to change the values of the
> selected column using some logic as in `df$column[df$column == value]
> <- new.value`, but I am confused on the syntax for the vectorized
> version. Specifically, this does not work:
> ```
> sub_df[vect[1] == 0] = "No"
> ```
> What would be the correct approach?
> Thank you
>
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