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Vector Subsetting

This document discusses how to subset or extract elements from vectors in R using indexes, names, and logical vectors. It shows that vectors can be subset by integer index to extract a single element, by name to extract a named element, or using a logical or integer vector to extract multiple elements. Subsetting in R allows retrieving parts of a vector rather than the entire vector, and the position or names of the selected elements matters for the returned output.

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Vector Subsetting

This document discusses how to subset or extract elements from vectors in R using indexes, names, and logical vectors. It shows that vectors can be subset by integer index to extract a single element, by name to extract a named element, or using a logical or integer vector to extract multiple elements. Subsetting in R allows retrieving parts of a vector rather than the entire vector, and the position or names of the selected elements matters for the returned output.

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INTRODUCTION TO R

Subsetting Vectors

Introduction to R

Subset by index
> remain <- c(spades = 11, hearts = 12,
diamonds = 11, clubs = 13)
> remain[1]
spades
11
> remain[3]
diamonds
11

[1] -> take element at index 1


result is a (named) vector too!

Introduction to R

Subset by name
> remain <- c(spades = 11, hearts = 12,
diamonds = 11, clubs = 13)
> remain["spades"]
spades
11
> remain["diamonds"]
diamonds
11

Introduction to R

Subset multiple elements


> remain <- c(spades = 11, hearts = 12,
diamonds = 11, clubs = 13)
> remain_black <- remain[c(1, 4)]
> remain_black
spades clubs
order in selection vector matters!
11
13
> remain[c(4, 1)]
clubs spades
13
11
> remain[c("clubs", "spades")]
clubs spades
13
11

Introduction to R

Subset all but some


> remain <- c(spades = 11, hearts = 12,
diamonds = 11, clubs = 13)
> remain[-1]
hearts diamonds
12
11

clubs
13

All but index 1 are returned

> remain[-c(1, 2)]


diamonds
clubs
11
13
> remain[-"spades"]
Error in -"spades" : invalid argument to unary operator

Introduction to R

Subset using logical vector


> remain <- c(spades = 11, hearts = 12,
diamonds = 11, clubs = 13)
> remain[c(FALSE, TRUE, FALSE, TRUE)]
hearts clubs
12
13
> selection_vector <- c(FALSE, TRUE, FALSE, TRUE)
> remain[selection_vector]
hearts clubs
12
13

Introduction to R

Subset using logical vector


> remain <- c(spades = 11, hearts = 12,
diamonds = 11, clubs = 13)
> remain[c(TRUE, FALSE)]
R recycles c(T, F) to c(T, F, T, F)
spades diamonds
11
11
> remain[c(TRUE, FALSE, TRUE, FALSE)]
spades diamonds
11
11
> remain[c(TRUE, FALSE, TRUE)]
spades diamonds
clubs
11
11
13
> remain[c(TRUE, FALSE, TRUE, TRUE)]
spades diamonds
clubs
11
11
13

INTRODUCTION TO R

Lets practice!

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