What Jim said separately is correct, and I would suggest following his advice. But there are some points worth looking at in your method.
See this example: > item1 <- item2 <- item3 <- item4 <- 1:4 > > matrix1<-cbind(item1, item2, item3, item4) > > z <- c(TRUE,TRUE,FALSE,TRUE) > > matrix2 <- cbind(item1[z], item2[z], item3[z], item4[z]) > > matrix3 <- cbind(item1=item1[z], item2=item2[z], + item3=item3[z], item4=item4[z]) > > print(matrix1) item1 item2 item3 item4 [1,] 1 1 1 1 [2,] 2 2 2 2 [3,] 3 3 3 3 [4,] 4 4 4 4 > > print(matrix2) [,1] [,2] [,3] [,4] [1,] 1 1 1 1 [2,] 2 2 2 2 [3,] 4 4 4 4 > > print(matrix3) item1 item2 item3 item4 [1,] 1 1 1 1 [2,] 2 2 2 2 [3,] 4 4 4 4 Points to consider: Since your "z" is a vector of logical values, you don't need item1[z==T] instead, use item1[z] Your column names on matrix2 do not look correct, given how you created matrix2. Not that you can specify column names when you create the matrix using cbind, as in my matrix3 example. -Don -- Don MacQueen Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 7000 East Ave., L-627 Livermore, CA 94550 925-423-1062 On 2/28/13 5:53 PM, "Pablo Menese" <pmen...@gmail.com> wrote: I'm performing item response theory with eRm packages I am excluding the persons that doesn't fit in the infit/outfit persons. for that I created a condition. then I have to create a new subset or matrix but with the condition. So: ORIGINAL matrix<-cbind(item1, item2, item3, item4) IF I PERFORM A head(matrix) item1 item2 item3 item4 3 2 3 1 3 1 2 4 THEN I CREATE THE LOGIC CONDITION z<-thing==T THEN I TRY TO CREATE THE NEW MATRIX BUT WITH THE CONDITION matrix2<-cbind(item1[z==T], item2[z==T], item3[z==T], item4[z==T]) THE ISSUE IS THAT IF I PERFORM A head(matrix2) I1 I2 I3 I4 3 2 3 1 3 1 2 4 The names of the columns change at all. CAN ANYONE HELP ME TO KEEP THE SAME NAMES? [[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.