You could also select columns via a predicate like so:
julia> collect(df[1, :])
6-element Vector{Int64}:
1
2
3
4
5
6
julia> 3 .<= ans .<= 5
6-element BitVector:
0
0
1
1
1
0
julia> df[!, ans] # use ! to return a view; use : to copy
1×3 DataFrame
Row │ x1 x2 y1
│ Int64 Int64 Int64
─────┼─────────────────────
1 │ 3 4 5