Hi, What you are after is:
datasubset <- dataset[ dataset[,3] == "text3", ] Equivalently, you can use: datasubset <- subset(dataset, subset = dataset[,3] == "text3") HTH, Francisco On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 3:09 PM, e-letter <inp...@gmail.com> wrote: > Readers, > > For a data set: > > text1,23,text2,45 > text1,23,text3,78 > text1,23,text3,56 > text1,23,text2,45 > > The following command was entered: > > datasubset<-data.frame(dataset[,3]=="text3") > > The result of > > datasubset > > is > > TRUE > TRUE > > The required result is > > text1,23,text3,78 > text1,23,text3,56 > > What is the correct command to use please? > > Thanks in advance. > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ 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.