1# tidyselect 2 3<!-- badges: start --> 4[![Codecov test coverage](https://codecov.io/gh/r-lib/tidyselect/branch/master/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/r-lib/tidyselect?branch=master) 5[![CRAN status](https://www.r-pkg.org/badges/version/tidyselect)](https://cran.r-project.org/package=tidyselect) 6[![R build status](https://github.com/r-lib/tidyselect/workflows/R-CMD-check/badge.svg)](https://github.com/r-lib/tidyselect/actions) 7<!-- badges: end --> 8 9 10## Overview 11 12The tidyselect package is the backend of functions like `dplyr::select()` 13or `dplyr::pull()` as well as several tidyr verbs. It allows you to 14create selecting verbs that are consistent with other tidyverse packages. 15 16* To learn about the selection syntax as a user of dplyr or tidyr, read 17 the user-friendly [Selection language](https://tidyselect.r-lib.org/reference/language.html) reference. 18 19* To learn how to implement tidyselect in your own functions, read the 20 [Get started](https://tidyselect.r-lib.org/articles/tidyselect.html) 21 vignette. 22 23* To learn exactly how the tidyselect syntax is interpreted, read the 24 [Technical descrition](https://tidyselect.r-lib.org/articles/syntax.html) 25 vignette. 26 27 28## Installation 29 30tidyselect is on CRAN. You can also install the development version 31from github with: 32 33```r 34# install.packages("remotes") 35remotes::install_github("r-lib/tidyselect") 36``` 37