the second command doesn't tell R that the variables are in the data.frame mydata.
you will need exclude <- with(mydata, prim==-9 | etc) also you will need logical negation ! not arithmetic negation - > -c(TRUE,FALSE) [1] -1 0 > as.logical(-c(TRUE,FALSE)) [1] TRUE FALSE > !c(TRUE,FALSE) [1] FALSE TRUE > On Oct 15, 2021, at 21:23, Steven Yen <st...@ntu.edu.tw> wrote: > > The following "subset command works. I was hoping the second would as well > but it does not. > > My definition of exclude is rejected. > > Help please? Thanks. > > > mydata<-subset(mydata, > + prim>-9 & highsch>-9 & tert>-9 & > + govt>-9 & nongovt>-9 & > + married>-9 & urban>-9 & > + smhmyes>-9 & smhmno>-9 & smhmnoru>-9 & > + workouts>-9 & seconhan>-9 & reliyes>-9) > > > exclude<- prim==-9 | highsch==-9 | tert==-9 | > + govt==-9 | nongovt==-9 | > + married==-9 | urban==-9 | > + smhmyes==-9 | smhmno==-9 | smhmnoru==-9 | > + workouts==-9 | seconhan==-9 | reliyes==-9 > Error: object 'prim' not found > > mydata<-subset(mydata,-exclude) > Error in eval(e, x, parent.frame()) : object 'exclude' not found > > > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstat.ethz.ch%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fr-help&data=04%7C01%7Crmh%40temple.edu%7Ca1d470378fc24c832f7708d99043b804%7C716e81efb52244738e3110bd02ccf6e5%7C0%7C0%7C637699443365577347%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=DFLP8ZLggvu1NVs9ufyWUdT5hJNKd0v7UYwcHCXncVk%3D&reserved=0 > PLEASE do read the posting guide > https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.r-project.org%2Fposting-guide.html&data=04%7C01%7Crmh%40temple.edu%7Ca1d470378fc24c832f7708d99043b804%7C716e81efb52244738e3110bd02ccf6e5%7C0%7C0%7C637699443365577347%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=4g2tnLBCnnWezCp%2FZIYFRCxrIKa4VDD46WRQohT5Ftk%3D&reserved=0 > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.