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

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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 figured it out through trial and error. If anybody is curious, did something like this:

lapply(names.gens, as.name)
select(df.main.scaled, eval(names.gens[[i]]), eval(names.gens[[i+someindex]]))