Hi Mauricio,

Try the following:

# using the iris data
require(MASS)
x <- iris
x[x[, 5] == 'setosa',]

# and your data
dframe[dframe[, 1] == "FY11_Q4", ]

HTH,
Jorge


On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 3:34 PM, Mauricio Cornejo <> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have a data frame with column names "1", "2", "3", ... and I'd like to
> extract
> a subset based on the values in the first column.  None of the methods I
> tried
> worked (below).
>
>
> x <- subset(dframe, 1 = = "My Text")
> x <- subset(dframe, "1" = = "My Text")
> x <- subset(dframe, names(dframe)[1] = = "My Text")
> Q <- dframe[1 = = "FY11_Q4",]
> Q <- dframe['1'=="FY11_Q4",]
> Q <- dframe[names(dframe)[1]=="FY11_Q4",]
>
>
> Might anyone have a suggestion?
>
> Many thanks,
> Mauricio
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