how can i tell select() in dplyr that the string it is seeing is a column name in a data frame

Question

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I\'m trying to use the select statement in dplyr but am having problems when I try to send it strings

Answer 1

I ran across this and I thought I should mention that this has been solved in newer versions of dplyr.

myTest = data_frame(
  var1 = 1, 
  var2 = 2,
  var3 = 3,
  var4 = 4)

i = 1

myTest %>%
  select_(.dots = 
     c(names.gens[i,1], names.gens[i,2]) %>% unname)