Put the "!" in front of the whole expression, not just the %in% function. I.e.
sub <- mydata[!(mydata$group %in% c("A", "B", "E", "G")),] Christian On Thu, 2010-10-07 at 09:17 +1000, Emily Deomano wrote: > Good day, > I need to subset a data by removing several rows. I know the %in% operator, > i.e. > > sub <- mydata[group %in% c("A","B","E","G"), ] > > What I need is the opposite, that is remove rows and/or columns. What is the > operator for "NOT IN"? I tried (i)! %in% and (ii) ^%in% and both resulted > in a "could not find function" error. > > > Kind Regards > > Emily Deomano | Biometrician > BSES Limited | ABN 29 103 760 005 | PO Box 86 | 50 Meiers Road | > Indooroopilly Q 4068 Australia > P: +61 7 3331 3304 | M: +61 408 656 452 | F: +61 7 3871 0383 | E: > edeom...@bses.com.au<mailto:edeom...@bses.com.au> | W: bses.com.au > > > -------------------- Internet e-Mail Disclaimer -------------------- > > PRIVILEGED - PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL: This email and any files transmitted > with it are intended solely for the use of the addressee(s) and may contain > information, which is confidential or privileged. If you are not the intended > recipient, be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the > contents of this information is prohibited. In such case, you should destroy > this message and kindly notify the sender by reply e-mail. The views and > opinions expressed in this e-mail are those of the sender and do not > necessarily reflect the views of the company. > > VIRUSES: Email transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error free, > as information may be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or > incomplete or contain viruses. This email and any files attached to it have > been checked with virus detection software before transmission. You should > nonetheless carry out your own virus check before opening any attachment. > BSES Limited does not represent or warrant that files attached to this email > are free from computer viruses or other defects and accepts no liability for > any loss or damage that may be caused by software viruses > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.