Several ways, two are shown:
> matrix(1:(4*7), 4,7)
     [,1] [,2] [,3] [,4] [,5] [,6] [,7]
[1,]    1    5    9   13   17   21   25
[2,]    2    6   10   14   18   22   26
[3,]    3    7   11   15   19   23   27
[4,]    4    8   12   16   20   24   28
> mtx <- matrix(1:(4*7), 4,7)

> mtx[-1,]
     [,1] [,2] [,3] [,4] [,5] [,6] [,7]
[1,]    2    6   10   14   18   22   26
[2,]    3    7   11   15   19   23   27
[3,]    4    8   12   16   20   24   28
> mtx[2:4, ]
     [,1] [,2] [,3] [,4] [,5] [,6] [,7]
[1,]    2    6   10   14   18   22   26
[2,]    3    7   11   15   19   23   27
[3,]    4    8   12   16   20   24   28

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On Jan 31, 2009, at 8:25 AM, Rofizah Mohammad wrote:

Hello,

How do I get sub-matrix? Example, I would like to get matrix of size 3x7 from the matrix of size 4x7. Meaning that I try to exclude one row of the
original matrix.

Thanks
-rofizah-

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