Indexing and selecting columns from a dataframe

In the same way as you indexed your vectors, you can select elements from your dataframe using square brackets. Different from dataframes however, you now have multiple dimensions: rows and columns. That's why you can use a comma in the middle of the brackets to differentiate between rows and columns. For instance, the following code planet_df[1,2] would select the element in the first row and the second column from the dataframe planet_df.

You can also use the $ operator to select an entire column from a dataframe. For instance, planet_df$planets would select the entire planets column from the dataframe planet_df.

Select the elements in the first row, and the second and third column from planet_df
Select the entire third column from planet_df

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Indexing and selecting columns from a dataframe

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