I assume that prim, etc. are columns of your data frame, mydata. Ergo, the error message "prim not found" as 'prim' etc. does not exist in the Global environment.
exclude <- with(mydata, prim == -9, etc. ) should get what you want to evaluate your second subset statement if I have understood correctly, as it will look for those names within mydata. Bert Gunter "The trouble with having an open mind is that people keep coming along and sticking things into it." -- Opus (aka Berkeley Breathed in his "Bloom County" comic strip ) On Fri, Oct 15, 2021 at 6:24 PM Steven Yen <st...@ntu.edu.tw> wrote: > The following "subset command works. I was hoping the second would as > well but it does not. > > My definition of exclude is rejected. > > Help please? Thanks. > > > mydata<-subset(mydata, > + prim>-9 & highsch>-9 & tert>-9 & > + govt>-9 & nongovt>-9 & > + married>-9 & urban>-9 & > + smhmyes>-9 & smhmno>-9 & smhmnoru>-9 & > + workouts>-9 & seconhan>-9 & reliyes>-9) > > > exclude<- prim==-9 | highsch==-9 | tert==-9 | > + govt==-9 | nongovt==-9 | > + married==-9 | urban==-9 | > + smhmyes==-9 | smhmno==-9 | smhmnoru==-9 | > + workouts==-9 | seconhan==-9 | reliyes==-9 > Error: object 'prim' not found > > mydata<-subset(mydata,-exclude) > Error in eval(e, x, parent.frame()) : object 'exclude' not found > > > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > 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. > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.
