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> Subject: [R] remove last row of a data frame
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> Readers,
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> For a data set 'a':
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> Please what is the syntax to remove the last row and create a new object
> 'b':
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> Thanks.
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If by data set a you mean a data frame called a, then something like this 
should work:

b <- a[-nrow(a),]

If you haven't already read the manual, "An Introduction to R", that ships with 
every copy of R, then now is the time.


hope this is helpful,

Dan

Daniel Nordlund
Bothell, WA USA
 

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