[R] Randomly splitting a data frame in half

[Dimitris Rizopoulos]

well, you need to keep track of the rows you sampled, e.g.,

dat <- data.frame(x = rnorm(20), y = rnorm(20), w = rnorm(20))

ii <- seq_len(nrow(dat))
ind1 <- sample(ii, 10)
ind2 <- ii[!ii %in% ind1]
dat[ind1, ]
dat[ind2, ]


I hope it helps.

Best,
Dimitris


Christopher David Desjardins wrote:
> I have a data frame in long format and I would like to randomly divide 
> this data frame in half. The data frame consists of 39622 rows and I 
> initially tried ...
> 
> randomsample1 <- data[sample(nrow(data),19811), ]
> 
> Where allows me to randomly select half of the rows and assign them to 
> randomsample1 but then I couldn't figure out how to select those rows 
> that were not selected and assign them to randomsample2.
> 
> Please cc me if you reply as I'm a digest subscriber.
> Thanks,
> Chris
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