Execute dplyr operation only if column exists

Question

Drawing on the discussion on conditional dplyr evaluation I would like conditionally execute a step in pipeline depending on whether the reference column exists in the passed da

Answer 1

Edit: Unfortunately, this was too good to be true

I might be a bit late to the party. But is

mtcars %>% 
 filter(am == 1) %>%
 try(filter(absent_column== 4))

a solution?