[R] Subsetting a list

[Dimitris Rizopoulos]

you need single brackets, i.e.,

TEST <- list(c("A1", "A2"), c("B1", "B2"), c("C1", "C2"))
TEST[-c(1, 3)]

I hope it helps.

Best,
Dimitris

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dennis Fisher" <fisher at plessthan.com>
To: <r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch>
Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 4:11 PM
Subject: [R] Subsetting a list


> Colleagues,
>
> I have created a list in the following manner:
>     TEST    <- list(c("A1", "A2"), c("B1", "B2"), c("C1", "C2"))
>
> I now want to delete one element from the list, e.g., the third. 
> The
> command
>     TEST[[3]]
> yields (as expected):
>     [1] "C1" "C2"
>
> The command
>     TEST[[-3]]
> yields:
>     Error: attempt to select more than one element
>
> How can I accomplish delete one or more elements from this list?
>
> I am running R2.2.0 on a Linux platform.
>
> Dennis
>
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