Try this:

 subset(xx, id %in% temp)

On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 10:48 AM, Carrie Li <carrieandstat@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi, dear R-helpers,
>
> I have a simple question regarding selecting subset of a variable based on
> another variable.
> Here is the example:
>
> xx=rnorm(10)
> id=sample(1:10, 10)
>
> temp=c(6, 1, 8, 2)
>
> Now, all I want is xx's that their id are 6, 1, 8, 2, instead of the
> position.
>
> Any suggestions ?
>
> Thank you all your help !!
>
> Carrie
>
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