put.first: Simple way to put certain cols first, in a data.frame

In ejanalysis/analyze.stuff: Miscellaneous Tools for Analyzing Data in Rows and Columns

Simple way to put certain cols first, in a data.frame

Description

Returns a data.frame with specified columns put first, before the others.

Usage

put.first(x, fields)

Arguments

x	Required data.frame that will have its columns reordered
fields	required character vector of strings that are among the elements of names(x)

Value

Returns a transformed data.frame with cols in new order

See Also

change.fieldnames()

Examples

before <- data.frame(year=c(2,2,2), ID=3, numbers=4, last=1)
put.first(before, c('ID', 'numbers'))
after <- put.first(before, names(before)[length(before)] ) # put last column first
before; after

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