Hi John, They are different as Erik said.
> identical(a,b) [1] FALSE > row.names(a) [1] "2" "4" "6" "8" > row.names(b) [1] "1" "3" "5" "7" > row.names(a) <- NULL > row.names(b) <- NULL > identical(a,b) [1] TRUE Regards, Wu array chip wrote: > >> a > a b > 2 10011048 L > 4 10011048 R > 6 10011049 L > 8 10011049 R >> b > a b > 1 10011048 L > 3 10011048 R > 5 10011049 L > 7 10011049 R > >> identical(a,b) > [1] FALSE > ----- A R learner. -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/identical-tp2327537p2327553.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________ 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.