Duplicated did not work, I agree with Erik. Is there any way I can specify a
tolerance limit and then delete?

On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 11:41 AM, Erik Iverson <eiverson@nmdp.org> wrote:

> I really don't think this is the issue.  I think the issue is that some
> columns of the data.frame, specifically V1, V2, and V4 should be checked
> versus R FAQ 7.31.
>
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> On Behalf Of Don McKenzie
> Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 1:35 PM
> To: Mehdi Khan
> Cc: r-help@r-project.org
> Subject: Re: [R] Unique command not deleting all duplicate rows
>
> duplicated()
>
>  > test.df
>         V1     V2   V3      V4 V5   V6 V7
> 1 -115.380 32.894  195 162.940  D 8419  D
> 2 -115.432 32.864  115 208.910  D 8419  D
> 3 -115.447 32.773 1170 264.570  D 8419  D
> 4 -115.447 32.773 1170 264.570  D 8419  D
> 5 -115.447 32.773 1170 264.570  D 8419  D
> 6 -115.447 32.773 1170 264.570  D 8419  D
> 7 -115.447 32.773  149 186.210  D 8419  D
> 8 -115.466 32.855  114 205.630  D 8419  D
> 9 -115.473 32.800 1121 207.469  D 8419  D
>
>  > test.df[!duplicated(test.df),]
>         V1     V2   V3      V4 V5   V6 V7
> 1 -115.380 32.894  195 162.940  D 8419  D
> 2 -115.432 32.864  115 208.910  D 8419  D
> 3 -115.447 32.773 1170 264.570  D 8419  D
> 7 -115.447 32.773  149 186.210  D 8419  D
> 8 -115.466 32.855  114 205.630  D 8419  D
> 9 -115.473 32.800 1121 207.469  D 8419  D
>
>
> On 24-Aug-09, at 11:23 AM, Mehdi Khan wrote:
>
> > Hello everyone, when I run the "unique" command on my data frame,
> > it deletes
> > the majority of duplicate rows, but not all of them.  Here is a
> > sample of my
> > data. How do I get it to delete all the rows?
> >
> >  6 -115.38 32.894 195 162.94 D 8419 D
> >
> >  7 -115.432 32.864 115 208.91 D 8419 D
> >
> >  8 -115.447 32.773 1170 264.57 D 8419 D
> >
> >  9 -115.447 32.773 1170 264.57 D 8419 D
> >
> >  10 -115.447 32.773 1170 264.57 D 8419 D
> >
> >  11 -115.447 32.773 1170 264.57 D 8419 D
> >
> >  12 -115.447 32.773 149 186.21 D 8419 D
> >
> >  13 -115.466 32.855 114 205.63 D 8419 D
> >
> >  14 -115.473 32.8 1121 207.469 D 8419 D
> >
> >
> > Thanks a bunch!
> >
> > Mehdi Khan
> >
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