On 3/29/2010 1:53 PM, Thomas Jensen wrote:
> Dear R-list,
>
> I have a problem which I think is quite basic, but so far google has not
> helped me.
>
> I have two vectors like this:
>
> vector_1 <- c(Belgium, Spain, Greece, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands,
> Portugal)
>
> vector_2 <- c(Denmark, Luxembourg)
>
> I would like to find the elements in vector_1 that are not in vector_2
>
> so that i get a vector with these countries: Belgium, Spain, Greece,
> Ireland, Netherlands, Portugal.
vector_1 <- c('Belgium', 'Spain', 'Greece', 'Ireland', 'Luxembourg',
'Netherlands', 'Portugal')
vector_2 <- c('Denmark', 'Luxembourg')
setdiff(vector_1, vector_2)
?setdiff
> Thanks a lot,
>
> Thomas
>
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