Extract Just Number from Named Numeric Vector in R (3 Examples)
In this tutorial, I’ll illustrate how to remove the names from a named vector or array in the R programming language.
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So now the part you have been waiting for – the tutorial:
Constructing Example Data
We’ll use the following data as basement for this R tutorial:
x <- 1:5 # Create named vector names(x) <- letters[1:5] x # Print named vector # a b c d e # 1 2 3 4 5
As you can see based on the previous output of the RStudio console, our example data object is a named vector with five elements.
Example 1: Remove Names from Numeric Vector Using unname Function
The following syntax shows how to extract only the numeric values from our vector.
x_new1 <- unname(x) # Apply unname x_new1 # Return updated vector # 1 2 3 4 5
As you can see based on the previous output, we stored the numeric values without their names in the new data object x_new1.
Example 2: Remove Names from Numeric Vector Using as.numeric Function
The following R programming code illustrates how to delete names from a numeric vector object using the as.numeric function in R.
x_new2 <- as.numeric(x) # Apply as.numeric x_new2 # Return updated vector # 1 2 3 4 5
The output is the same as in Example 1.
Example 3: Remove Names from Numeric Vector Using names Function
The following R code shows how to extract just the numbers from a named vector by applying the names command.
x_new3 <- x # Replicate vector names(x_new3) <- NULL # Apply names x_new3 # Return updated vector # 1 2 3 4 5
Again, the output is the same as in the previous examples.
Video, Further Resources & Summary
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