[R] how to delete rows by a list of rownames

[R. Michael Weylandt]

I think that only works because the rows are ordered and have no
names: try something more like this:

df1 <- data.frame(1:20, 21:40, 31:50)
rownames(df1) <- sample(letters, 20)

toDrop <- sample(rownames(df1), 5)

df1[ !(rownames(df1) %in% toDrop), ]

or alternatively

toKeep <- sample(rownames(df1), 5)

df1[rownames(df1) %in% toKeep, ]

Michael

On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 9:30 AM, B77S <bps0002 at auburn.edu> wrote:
> here is one way
>
> df1 <- data.frame(c(1:20), c(21:40), c(31:50))
> list1 <- c(3, 6, 20)
> df2 <- df1[-list1,]
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> hanansela wrote:
>>
>> Hello
>> I have a list of row names that needs to be deleted from a data frame. How
>> do i do that?
>> one of the columns in the data frame contains the row names as numbers. I
>> can also select by this column (will it be easier?).
>> Thank you
>>
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