Keep more than two values in a dataframe

Question

Having a dataframe like this

df <- data.frame(ID = sample(rep(letters, each=3)), value = rnorm(n=26*3))
keep <- c("a", "d", "r", "x")

How is it possible to keep both "a" and "d"

example using something like this: df[df$ID == "a"|"d", ]

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered May 02 '20 at 16:52

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Use %in%

df[df$ID %in% c("a","d"), ]

answered May 02 '20 at 16:52

linog

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered May 02 '20 at 17:22

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We can use base R function which(). which() returns indexes where given condition is met.

df[which(df$ID == "a" | df$ID == "d"),]

answered May 02 '20 at 17:22

Lostman

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered May 02 '20 at 18:59

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An option with %chin%

library(data.table)
setDT(df)[ID %chin% c('a', 'd')]

answered May 02 '20 at 18:59

akrun

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