Dear list,
I want the 1st, 2nd, 5th, and 6th columns of mtcars. After copying them,
the columns become numeric class rather than data frame.
But, when I copy rows, they data frame retains its class. Why is this? I
don't see why copying rows vs columns is so different.
> class(mtcars)
[1] "data.frame"
> head(mtcars)
mpg cyl disp hp drat wt qsec vs am gear carb
Mazda RX4 21.0 6 160 110 3.90 2.620 16.46 0 1 4 4
Mazda RX4 Wag 21.0 6 160 110 3.90 2.875 17.02 0 1 4 4
Datsun 710 22.8 4 108 93 3.85 2.320 18.61 1 1 4 1
Hornet 4 Drive 21.4 6 258 110 3.08 3.215 19.44 1 0 3 1
Hornet Sportabout 18.7 8 360 175 3.15 3.440 17.02 0 0 3 2
Valiant 18.1 6 225 105 2.76 3.460 20.22 1 0 3 1
> a <- mtcars$mpg
> class(a)
[1] "numeric"
> b <- mtcars[1:5, ]
> class(b)
[1] "data.frame"
Thanks a lot,
Mike
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