R: Move columns to other positions in a data frame

move_columns {sjmisc}

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Move columns to other positions in a data frame

Description

move_columns() moves one or more columns in a data frame to another position.

Usage

move_columns(data, ..., .before, .after)

Arguments

`data`	A data frame.
`...`	Unquoted names or character vector with names of variables that should be move to another position. You may also use functions like `:` or tidyselect's `select_helpers`.
`.before`	Optional, column name or numeric index of the position where `col` should be moved to. If not missing, `col` is moved to the position before the column indicated by `.before`.
`.after`	Optional, column name or numeric index of the position where `col` should be moved to. If not missing, `col` is moved to the position after the column indicated by `.after`.

Value

data, with resorted columns.

Note

If neither .before nor .after are specified, the column is moved to the end of the data frame by default.

Examples

data(iris)

iris %>%
  move_columns(Sepal.Width, .after = "Species") %>%
  head()

iris %>%
  move_columns(Sepal.Width, .before = Sepal.Length) %>%
  head()

iris %>%
  move_columns(Species, .before = 1) %>%
  head()

iris %>%
  move_columns("Species", "Petal.Length", .after = 1) %>%
  head()

library(dplyr)
iris %>%
  move_columns(contains("Width"), .after = "Species") %>%
  head()

[Package sjmisc version 2.7.5 Index]