Dear Bernhard,
if I understand correctly your question
may be you want something like
df<-data.frame(x=sample(1:10, 100, repl=T),
y=sample(1:5, 100, repl=T))
subset(df, x%in%y)
Regards,
Stefano
>-----Messaggio originale-----
>Da: r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch
>[mailto:r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch]Per conto di Bernhard
>Baumgartner
>Inviato: 08 February 2006 15:22
>A: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
>Oggetto: [R] dataframe subset
>
>
>I have a dataframe with a column, say "x" consisting of
>values, each
>value appearing different times, e.g.
>x: 1,1,1,1,2,2,4,4,4,9,10,10,10,10,10 ...
>and a vector, including e.g.:
>y: 2,9,10,...
>I need a subset of the dataframe: all rows where x is equal
>to one of
>the values in y. Currently I use a loop for this, but
>because x and y
>are large this is very slow.
>Is there any idea how to solve this problem faster?
>Thank you,
>Bernhard
>
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