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Delete specified columns from a data frame

stm_delete_cols.Rd

stm_delete_cols() removes specified columns from a data frame. It uses stm_transform_keep_delete() to perform the operation.

Usage

stm_delete_cols(dat, indices, as_matrix = TRUE)

Arguments

dat

A data frame or matrix from which columns will be removed.

indices

A numeric vector or logical vector indicating the columns to delete.

as_matrix

Optional. A logical value indicating whether the result should be returned as a matrix. Default is TRUE.

Value

A data frame or matrix with the specified columns removed.

Details

This function uses stm_transform_keep_delete() to remove the specified columns from the given data. If as_matrix is TRUE, the result is returned as a matrix, otherwise a data frame is returned.

See also

stm_keep_cols, stm_delete_rows, stm_keep_rows

Examples

A <- matrix(1:15, ncol = 5, byrow = TRUE)
print(A)
#>      [,1] [,2] [,3] [,4] [,5]
#> [1,]    1    2    3    4    5
#> [2,]    6    7    8    9   10
#> [3,]   11   12   13   14   15
stm_delete_cols(A, 2)
#>      [,1] [,2] [,3] [,4]
#> [1,]    1    3    4    5
#> [2,]    6    8    9   10
#> [3,]   11   13   14   15