[R] subset syntax

[Peter Dalgaard BSA]

Jens Nieschulze <jniesch at gwdg.de> writes:

> I assume
> subset(xx,LOCAL.NAME=="Chifumbata" | LOCAL.NAME=="Mososo",whatever-column)
>  should do what you want

The %in% operator is also handy in these cases:

subset(xx, LOCAL.NAME %in% c("Chifumbata", "Mososo"), ....)

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