# data.table - bug to submit DT <- data.table(A=1:5, B=rnorm(5)) DT[, c("col1", "col1") := NULL] # note that varOfColumnNames <- c("col1", "othercol", "someothercol") DT[, c(varOfColumnNames) := NULL] # Two different types of crashes DT[, c(NonUniqueVectorOfNames) := NULL] DT[, c(varOfColumnNames, "col1", "col2", "col3") := NULL] # CRASH NonUniqueVectorOfNames <- c("col1", "col2", "col1")