See ?Syntax noting from the list of operators there that : is of lower precedence than [.
On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 4:33 PM, Stuart Luppescu <s...@ccsr.uchicago.edu> wrote: > Hello, this is just a point of curiosity with me. I want a sequence of > numbers from 64 to 70, omitting the 2nd and 4th numbers. I can do it > these ways: > >> seq(64, 70)[-c(2, 4)] > [1] 64 66 68 69 70 > >> foo <- 64:70 >> foo[-c(2, 4)] > [1] 64 66 68 69 70 > > But how come this doesn't work? >> 64:70[-c(2, 4)] > [1] 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 > > Just wondering. > -- > Stuart Luppescu -=- slu .at. ccsr.uchicago.edu > University of Chicago -=- CCSR > 才文と智奈美の父 -=- Kernel 2.6.30-gentoo-r5 > Cordelia: Hi! You having fun? Angel: Sure. This is, > uh... Cordelia: Your idea of hell. Angel: > Actually, in hell you tend to know a lot of the > people > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > ______________________________________________ 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.
