[R] Remove a number from a vector
Berend Hasselman
bhh at xs4all.nl
Fri May 11 13:21:23 CEST 2012
On 11-05-2012, at 12:45, dkkhireche wrote:
> Example :
> *x=c("abba","bobo","cocoa")*
> In order to remove "bobo" from *x* you need to do the following:
> *x=x[which(x=="bobo")]*
>
No. That does the opposite of what you describe.
You do
x <- x[-which(x=="bobo")]
or better
x <- x[which(x!="bobo")]
Berend
> In case you already know the index of the element you want to get rid of, it
> is even easier
> *x=x[-elem.index]*
>
> Good luck
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