unite.r

# Simple tibble
d <- tibble(a1="foo",
           a2="bar")

# Want to make a new column called "new" and unite all the "a*" columns together
newcol <- "new"
startchar <- "a"

unite(d,col=newcol,starts_with(startchar)) # Yay

# But what if we want to choose the column name from a vector?
newcol <- c("new","something_else")

unite(d,col=newcol[1],starts_with(startchar)) # Nope

# unite(col..) says it wants a "string" as the name of the new column
# How is the first element of a vector with strings in it not a string?