How to Drop a Column in a Dataframe by Column Number in R – Demonstration
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In this video, Monika Wahi shows you how to drop a column from a dataframe in R by using the column number Windows GUI.
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00:20 Compared to SQL, dropping columns in R requires more syntax, and can be done many different ways.
00:42 Presenting example dataset
01:30 One way to drop a column in R by column number
01:56 The problem with not knowing the column number
02:20 Storing column number in a variable then dropping it
03:10 Running the code
How to Drop a Column in a Dataframe by Column Number in R – Demonstration