[R] Subsetting for unwanted values

[Joris Meys]

>  PcToAdd_<-Pc[!(Pc %in% Pc.X)]
> PcToAdd_
[1] "Res" "Os"  "Gov" "Rur"
>  PcToAdd_<-subset(Pc,!(Pc %in% Pc.X))
> PcToAdd_
[1] "Res" "Os"  "Gov" "Rur"
>


On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 1:52 AM, LCOG1 <jroll at lcog.org> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>   I have toyed with this for too long today and in the past i used multiple
> lines of code to get at what i want.  Consider the following:
>
> All i need to do is subset Pc to the values that do not equal Pc.X.  The
> first attempt doesnt work because i have unequal lengths.  The second
> attempt doesnt give me an the right answer.
>
>
> Pc<-c("Res","Com","Ind","Os","Mix","Gov","Rur")
> Pc.X<-c("Com","Ind","Mix")
>  PcToAdd_<-Pc[Pc!=Pc.X]
> #Doesnt Work
> AND
>
>  PcToAdd_<-subset(Pc.X,Pc.X %in% Pc)
> #Works but doesnt get me what i want
>
> I am looking a return of PcToAdd_ <- "Res"  "Os" "Gov" "Rur"
>
> This has got to be a simple answer.  Thanks
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