Hi Ajay, In the first case, you need "==" instead of "=" :
R> mtcars[ rownames(mtcars) == "Valiant", ] mpg cyl disp hp drat wt qsec vs am gear carb Valiant 18.1 6 225 105 2.76 3.46 20.22 1 0 3 1 For the second case, R> mtcars[rownames(mtcars) != "Valiant",] will do it. See also ?subset. HTH, Jorge.- On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 3:02 AM, Ajay Askoolum <> wrote: > data(mtcars) > > mtcars[rownames(mtcars)!="Valiant",] # fails > > mtcars[list(rownames(mtcars))!="Valiant",] # runs but I am not getting the > expected result > > With the latter statement, I expected all rows except the one where the > name is "Valiant". > > I must have got something simple wrong; what is it? > > Thanks. > > [[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. > [[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.
