Here is one way to find the common rows. You can then use the 'keys' gotten back to reconstruct a new data frame:
> f1 <- read.table(textConnection("V1 V2 + YBL064C YBR067C + YBL064C YBR204C + YBL064C YDR368W + YBL064C YJL067W + YBL064C YPR160W + YBR053C YGL089C + YBR053C YHR113W + YBR053C YNL328C"), header=TRUE) > > f2 <- read.table(textConnection("V1 V2 + YBL064C YBR067C + YBL064C YBR204C + YBL064C YDR368W"), header=TRUE) > > f1$key <- paste(f1$V1, f1$V2) > f2$key <- paste(f2$V1, f2$V2) > > # now find the ones in common > intersect(f1$key, f2$key) [1] "YBL064C YBR067C" "YBL064C YBR204C" "YBL064C YDR368W" > On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 9:18 PM, Suhaila Zainudin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I have a similar query (how to compare 2 datasets), but my dataset is a bit > different. > I want to compare each data in dataset 1 to data in dataset 2 and get the > data which is common to both datasets. > > For example; > > I have a a file (named mysample). > > V1 V2 > YBL064C YBR067C > YBL064C YBR204C > YBL064C YDR368W > YBL064C YJL067W > YBL064C YPR160W > YBR053C YGL089C > YBR053C YHR113W > YBR053C YNL328C > > And I have another file (myref) as follows > > V1 V2 > YBL064C YBR067C > YBL064C YBR204C > YBL064C YDR368W > > > When I try to intersect the two files, I received NULL data frames. > > > intersect(myref,mysample) > NULL data frame with 0 rows > > What I am hoping to get out of intersect for the above files are > > YBL064C YBR067C > YBL064C YBR204C > YBL064C YDR368W > > Are there any R functions that can achieve what I want to do? > Or should I merge the data which is currently in 2 columns into single > column and use intersect again? > > Thanks for any feedbacks! > > [[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. > -- Jim Holtman Cincinnati, OH +1 513 646 9390 What is the problem you are trying to solve? ______________________________________________ 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.