Hi, Try: vec1<- c(2,4,7,10) df1New<-df1[!df1$Mat %in% vec1,] dim(df1New) #[1] 43 3 A.K.
----- Original Message ----- From: Arnaud Michel <michel.arn...@cirad.fr> To: R help <r-help@r-project.org> Cc: Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2013 11:03 AM Subject: [R] to delete lines by means of a vector Hi I would like to eliminate a large number of lines of the dataframe df1 The lines to delete are given here by the values of Mat (ex : 2,4,7,10). but I have a large number (300) values of Mat dput(df1) structure(list(Mat = c(1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 10, 10, 10, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11), Prenom = c("Ginette", "Ginette", "Ginette", "Ginette", "Ginette", "Ginette", "Nicole", "Nicole", "Nicole", "Nicole", "Jean", "Jean", "Jean", "Jean", "Jean", "Ginette", "Ginette", "Ginette", "Ginette", "Ginette", "Hélène", "Hélène", "Hélène", "Hélène", "Hélène", "Hélène", "Guy", "Guy", "Guy", "Guy", "Guy", "Guy", "Claude", "Claude", "Claude", "Claude", "Claude", "Claude", "Claude", "Régine", "Régine", "Régine", "Régine", "Régine", "Régine", "Régine", "Germain", "Germain", "Germain", "Germain", "Germain", "Germain", "Béatrice", "Béatrice", "Béatrice", "Josette", "Josette", "Josette", "Josette", "Josette", "Josette", "Josette"), Sexe = c("Féminin", "Féminin", "Féminin", "Féminin", "Féminin", "Féminin", "Féminin", "Féminin", "Féminin", "Féminin", "Masculin", "Masculin", "Masculin", "Masculin", "Masculin", "Féminin", "Féminin", "Féminin", "Féminin", "Féminin", "Féminin", "Féminin", "Féminin", "Féminin", "Féminin", "Féminin", "Masculin", "Masculin", "Masculin", "Masculin", "Masculin", "Masculin", "Masculin", "Masculin", "Masculin", "Masculin", "Masculin", "Masculin", "Masculin", "Féminin", "Féminin", "Féminin", "Féminin", "Féminin", "Féminin", "Féminin", "Masculin", "Masculin", "Masculin", "Masculin", "Masculin", "Masculin", "Féminin", "Féminin", "Féminin", "Féminin", "Féminin", "Féminin", "Féminin", "Féminin", "Féminin", "Féminin")), .Names = c("Mat", "Prenom", "Sexe"), row.names = c(NA, 62L), class = "data.frame") I would like to obtain the data frame df2 dput(df2) structure(list(Mat = c(1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 10, 10, 10, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11), Prenom = c("Ginette", "Ginette", "Ginette", "Ginette", "Ginette", "Ginette", "Nicole", "Nicole", "Nicole", "Nicole", "Jean", "Jean", "Jean", "Jean", "Jean", "Ginette", "Ginette", "Ginette", "Ginette", "Ginette", "Hélène", "Hélène", "Hélène", "Hélène", "Hélène", "Hélène", "Guy", "Guy", "Guy", "Guy", "Guy", "Guy", "Claude", "Claude", "Claude", "Claude", "Claude", "Claude", "Claude", "Régine", "Régine", "Régine", "Régine", "Régine", "Régine", "Régine", "Germain", "Germain", "Germain", "Germain", "Germain", "Germain", "Béatrice", "Béatrice", "Béatrice", "Josette", "Josette", "Josette", "Josette", "Josette", "Josette", "Josette"), Sexe = c("Féminin", "Féminin", "Féminin", "Féminin", "Féminin", "Féminin", "Féminin", "Féminin", "Féminin", "Féminin", "Masculin", "Masculin", "Masculin", "Masculin", "Masculin", "Féminin", "Féminin", "Féminin", "Féminin", "Féminin", "Féminin", "Féminin", "Féminin", "Féminin", "Féminin", "Féminin", "Masculin", "Masculin", "Masculin", "Masculin", "Masculin", "Masculin", "Masculin", "Masculin", "Masculin", "Masculin", "Masculin", "Masculin", "Masculin", "Féminin", "Féminin", "Féminin", "Féminin", "Féminin", "Féminin", "Féminin", "Masculin", "Masculin", "Masculin", "Masculin", "Masculin", "Masculin", "Féminin", "Féminin", "Féminin", "Féminin", "Féminin", "Féminin", "Féminin", "Féminin", "Féminin", "Féminin")), .Names = c("Mat", "Prenom", "Sexe"), row.names = c(NA, 62L), class = "data.frame") It is possible to obtain by df2 <- df1[df1$Mat != 2 | df1$Mat !=4 | [df1$Mat !=7 | [df1$Mat !=10,] But how to delete these lines when the 300 values of Mat are in the vector MatDelete Any ideas ? -- Michel ARNAUD Chargé de mission auprès du DRH DGDRD-Drh - TA 174/04 Av Agropolis 34398 Montpellier cedex 5 tel : 04.67.61.75.38 fax : 04.67.61.57.87 port: 06.47.43.55.31 ______________________________________________ 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.