[R] how to get such a subset of a matrix?

[Dimitris Rizopoulos]

one way to do it is:

mat <- matrix(rnorm(20*20), 20, 20)
mat[sample(400, 40)] <- NA
#####
mat
mat[rowSums(is.na(mat)) <= 2, ]


I hope it helps.

Best,
Dimitris

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Xiao Shi" <bioconductor.cn at gmail.com>
To: <r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch>
Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 3:21 PM
Subject: [R] how to get such a subset of a matrix?


> Hi everybody,
> Maybe this question is quite simple but i just don't know how to 
> make it.
> I have a matrix a somewhat like this one but bigger:
>> a
> f g h i j k
> a NA NA 11 16 21 26
> b NA NA 12 17 22 27
> c NA 8 13 18 23 28
> d NA 9 14 19 24 29
> e NA 10 15 20 25 30
> And i want to get the rows which at most have 2 Na.
> Thanks in advance.
> Shi Jiantao
>
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