deleteSubvariables {crunch}

Delete subvariables from an array

Description

Deleting variables requires confirmation. In an interactive session, you will be asked to confirm. To avoid that prompt, or to delete subvariables from a non-interactive session, wrap the call in with_consent() to give your permission to delete.

Usage

deleteSubvariables(variable, to.delete)

deleteSubvariable(variable, to.delete)

Arguments

variable

the array variable

to.delete

aliases (following crunch.namekey.dataset) or indices of variables to delete.

Details

To delete the subvariables the function unbinds the array, deletes the subvariable, and then binds the remaining subvariables into a new array.

Value

a new version of variable without the indicated subvariables

See Also

deleteVariable() delete()