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2011 Jul 27
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Referencing a column using a function argument
...all from more experienced users is appreciated! I'd like to write a function that uses a column name as an argument. However, I run into problems when I try to reference this column within the function. For example, findCutoff <- function(tableName, columnName) { temporaryTable <- subset(tableName, select = c(V1, V4, columnName)) x <- length(tableName$columnName [tableName$columnName > 6] ) ...etc. } I know a couple of ways to reference a column: 1. tableName$columnName 2. tableName[["columnName&quo...