R help - Dec 2004 - using subset

Hi,

I have doubts in using subset command. I have a list of, lets say, 15 species
and I want to make a subset with only 2 of them. I??m the command
data2 <- subset(data1, species=="sp1"|species=="sp2")

Nevertheless, when I ask for the summary (summary(data2)) the others species
names still apearing. Also I tried
data2<-data1(data1$species %in% c("sp1","sp2")),]

But I got the same result. How can I get a "clean" subset?

Thanks for any help. Best regards.

Antonio Olinto



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Antonio:

If the variable you are subsetting is a factor with multiple levels (and
it appears you have 15), then the levels of the factor remain and will
show up in summary, but your data set will only include the rows of data
that you want. I am pretty sure subset has worked properly in your case.

Try 
> data[1:20,]
And just look at your data to see.

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Subject: [R] using subset

Hi,

I have doubts in using subset command. I have a list of, lets say, 15
species and I want to make a subset with only 2 of them. I'm the command
data2 <- subset(data1, species=="sp1"|species=="sp2")

Nevertheless, when I ask for the summary (summary(data2)) the others
species names still apearing. Also I tried data2<-data1(data1$species
%in% c("sp1","sp2")),]

But I got the same result. How can I get a "clean" subset?

Thanks for any help. Best regards.

Antonio Olinto



-------------------------------------------------
WebMail Bignet - O seu provedor do litoral www.bignet.com.br

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