How to Filter a Vector in R (Example)

 

In this post you’ll learn how to subset the elements of a vector object in the R programming language.

Table of contents:

It’s time to dive into the example:

 

Construction of Example Data

Let’s first create some exemplifying data in R:

vec <- c("a", "b", "a", "c", "d")           # Create example vector
vec                                         # Print example vector
# [1] "a" "b" "a" "c" "d"

The previous output of the RStudio console shows that the example data is a vector object consisting of five alphabetical vector elements.

 

Example: Subset Vector Object Using %in% Operator

The following R syntax shows how to extract certain elements of our vector based on a logical condition using the %in% operator.

Have a look at the following R code:

vec_filter1 <- vec[vec %in% c("a", "c")]    # Filter vector
vec_filter1                                 # Print updated vector
# [1] "a" "a" "c"

The previous R syntax has created a new vector object called vec_filter1. This vector object consists only of values that fulfilled the logical condition of the previous R code, i.e. the letters “a” and “c”.

 

Video & Further Resources

Do you want to learn more about filtering vectors and arrays? Then I recommend watching the following video that I have published on my YouTube channel. I’m explaining the R programming codes of this article in the video.

 

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In addition, you may have a look at some of the related tutorials of my website. A selection of articles is listed here:

 

At this point you should know how to filter vectors in the R programming language. Please let me know in the comments, if you have any additional questions.

 

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