Select Only Numeric Columns from DataFrame in R

Last Updated : 19 Nov, 2022

In this article, we will discuss how to select only numeric columns from dataframe in R Programming Language.

Method 1: Using Dplyr package

We can use select_if() function to get numeric columns by calling the function with the dataframe name and isnumeric() function that will check for numeric columns.

Syntax:

select_if(dataframe, is.numeric)

where,

dataframe is the input dataframe
is.numeric is used to get the numeric columns

Example: R program to get numeric columns from dataframe using dplyr

R

# load the package dplyr
library("dplyr")
 
# create  a dataframe with 4 columns and 3 rows
data=data.frame("webtechnologies"=c("php","html","js"), 
                marks=c(98,89,90),
                age=c(12,23,21),
                name=c("bobby","ojaswi","ramya"))
 
     
# get numeric columns using dplyr() function             
print(select_if(data, is.numeric))

Output:

Example: R program to get numeric columns from dataframe using dplyr

R

# load the package dplyr
library("dplyr")
 
# create  a dataframe with 4 columns and 3 rows
data=data.frame(id=c(1,2,3), 
                marks=c(98,89,90),
                age=c(12,23,21),
                name=c("bobby","ojaswi","ramya"))
 
     
# get numeric columns using dplyr() function             
print(select_if(data, is.numeric))

Output:

Method 2: Using lapply() function

we will use lapply() function to get the numeric columns. Here, lapply() function is called with unlist() and the dataframe name and isnumeric() function are passed to it as parameters.

Syntax:

unlist(lapply(dataframe, is.numeric))

where,

dataframe is the input dataframe
is.numeric is used to check each dataframe column is numeric or not
unlist function is used to unlist the dataframe

Finally, pass this lapply() to the dataframe index

Syntax:

dataframe[,unlist(lapply(data, is.numeric))]

Where, dataframe is the input dataframe

Example: R program to get numeric columns from dataframe using base R

R

# create  a dataframe with 4 columns and 3 rows
data=data.frame(id=c(1,2,3), 
                marks=c(98,89,90),
                age=c(12,23,21),
                name=c("bobby","ojaswi","ramya"))
 
     
# get numeric columns using dplyr() function             
print(data[,unlist(lapply(data, is.numeric))])

Output:

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Method 1: Using Dplyr package

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