I need to operate columns based on their name condition. In the following reproducible example, per each column that ends with ‘x’, I create a column that multiplies by 2 the respective variable:
library(dplyr)
set.seed(8)
id <- seq(1,700, by = 1)
a1_x <- runif(700, 0, 10)
a1_y <- runif(700, 0, 10)
a2_x <- runif(700, 0, 10)
df <- data.frame(id, a1_x, a1_y, a2_x)
#Create variables manually: For every column that ends with X, I need to create one column that multiplies the respective column by 2
df <- df %>%
mutate(a1_x_new = a1_x*2,
a2_x_new = a2_x*2)
Since I’m working with several columns, I need to automate this process. Does anybody know how to achieve this? Thanks in advance!
>Solution :
Try this:
df %>% mutate(
across(ends_with("x"), ~ .x*2, .names = "{.col}_new")
)
Thanks @RicardoVillalba for correction.