How about:
y[y[,2] %in% x.samp[,2],] gives you the subset of y where values in the second column are restricted to your sample from x. You can then sample from this matrix, if you need to... greetings, Remko -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/drawing-samples-based-on-a-matching-variable-tp2718009p2718128.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.