[R] omitting integer(0) rows from data frame

[Patrick Burns]

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Pat


On 30/10/2013 13:04, Jack Tanner wrote:
> I'm not sure if this is correct behavior or not, but it seems counterintuitive
> to me:
>
> dat <- data.frame(id=1:5, let=letters[1:5])
> # A. omits the first row
> dat[- 1, ]
>
> # B. unexpectedly omits ALL rows
> dat[- integer(0), ]
>
> It would be less surprising if there were no rows omitted in the (B) case.
>
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