The tidyselect package is the backend of functions like dplyr::select()
or dplyr::pull() as well as several tidyr verbs. It allows you to
create selecting verbs that are consistent with other tidyverse packages.
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To learn about tidyselect syntax as a user of dplyr or tidyr, read the Select columns section of the R4DS book.
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To learn how to implement tidyselect in your own functions, read the Get started vignette.
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To learn exactly how the tidyselect syntax is interpreted, read the Technical descrition vignette.
tidyselect is on CRAN. You can also install the development version from github with:
# install.packages("remotes")
remotes::install_github("r-lib/tidyselect")