x <- dat[,3:9] # I think this is what you want. On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 9:42 PM, Jorge Ivan Velez <jorgeivanve...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Gundala, > Try this: > >> ex<-paste("V",3:9,sep="") >> new.dat<-dat[,ex] >> new.dat > > HTH, > > Jorge > > > > On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 9:36 PM, Gundala Viswanath <gunda...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Dear all, >> >> I have the following data frame: >> >> > dat >> V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 >> 1 1 AAAACACCCACCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC 9.0 18 12.00 18.0 15.0 12.0 6.0 >> 2 1 ACGATACGGCGACCACCGAGATCTACACTCTTCC 18.0 8 12.00 18.0 15.0 12.0 18.0 >> 3 1 ACTACTGCTCCCCCCCCACTCCCCCCCCCCCCCC 15.0 8 12.00 12.0 18.0 12.0 12.0 >> 4 1 ACTTATACGGCGACCACCGAGATCTACACTCTTT 15.0 6 18.00 6.0 18.0 15.0 9.0 >> 5 1 CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC 21.0 21 21.00 21.0 21.0 21.0 21.0 >> 6 1 CTACACTCTTTCCCTACACGCCGCTCTTCCGATC 21.0 21 21.00 21.0 21.0 21.0 21.0 >> 7 1 TACACCGCCCCCCCCCATCTCCACACTCTCCCCC 12.0 21 12.00 21.0 21.0 21.0 21.0 >> 8 1 TGATACGCCTACCACCGCCCTCTACACTCTCTCC 15.0 9 18.00 18.0 15.0 15.0 6.0 >> 9 1 TGATACGGCGACCACCGAGATCTACACTCTCTCC 21.0 21 21.00 21.0 21.0 21.0 21.0 >> 10 4 TGATACGGCGACCACCGAGATCTACACTCTTTCC 19.5 18 15.75 19.5 16.5 19.5 18.0 >> 11 1 TGATACGGCGACCACCGAGGATCTACACTCTTTC 21.0 21 21.00 21.0 21.0 21.0 21.0 >> 12 1 TGATACGGCGACCACCGAGGATCTCCACTCTCTC 21.0 21 21.00 21.0 21.0 21.0 21.0 >> 13 2 TGCTCCGGCGACCACCGAGATCTACACTCTTTCC 18.0 8 12.00 18.0 13.5 18.0 13.5 >> 14 1 TTATACGTCGACCACCGAGATCTACACTCTCTCC 18.0 18 18.00 18.0 18.0 18.0 15.0 >> 15 1 TTCTCCGGCGACCACCGAGATCTACACTCTTTCC 18.0 7 9.00 18.0 12.0 18.0 15.0 >> 16 1 TTCTCCGGCGACCACCGCGATCTACACTCTTTCC 18.0 7 9.00 18.0 12.0 18.0 15.0 >> >> >> My question is how can I extract the column V3 up to V9 into another >> new data frame. >> >> I tried this but failed: >> str <- paste("V", 3:9, sep="") >> print(dat$str) >> >> >> >> >> - Gundala Viswanath >> Jakarta - Indonesia >> >> ______________________________________________ >> 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. >
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