How can I pass R variable into sqldf?

Question

I have some query like this:

sqldf("select TenScore from data where State_P = 'AndhraPradesh'")

But I have "AndhraPradesh" in a variable stateValue. How can I use this variable in a select query in R to get the same result as above.

Please show me the syntax.

Answer 1

You can use sprintf:

sqldf(sprintf("select TenScore from data where State_P = '%s'", stateValue))

Answer 2

See Example 5 on the sqldf GitHub page.

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Example 5. Insert Variables

Here is an example of inserting evaluated variables into a query using gsubfn quasi-perl-style string interpolation. gsubfn is used by sqldf so its already loaded. Note that we must use the fn$ prefix to invoke the interpolation functionality:

> minSL <- 7
> limit <- 3
> species <- "virginica"
> fn$sqldf("select * from iris where \"Sepal.Length\" > $minSL and species = '$species' limit $limit")

  Sepal.Length Sepal.Width Petal.Length Petal.Width   Species
1          7.1         3.0          5.9         2.1 virginica
2          7.6         3.0          6.6         2.1 virginica
3          7.3         2.9          6.3         1.8 virginica

Answer 3

You can also use fn$sqldf :

fn$sqldf("select TenScore from data where State_P = '$stateValue'")