Try this:

> x
  id n1 n2 n3 n4 n5 n6
1  1  3  4  7  8 10  2
2  2  4  1  2  4  3 10
3  3  7  0  0  0  0  8
4  4 10  1  0  0  2  3
5  5 11  1  0  0  0  5
> delete <- with(x, n2 == 0 & n3 == 0 & n4 == 0 & n5 == 0)
> delete
[1] FALSE FALSE  TRUE FALSE FALSE
> x[!delete,]
  id n1 n2 n3 n4 n5 n6
1  1  3  4  7  8 10  2
2  2  4  1  2  4  3 10
4  4 10  1  0  0  2  3
5  5 11  1  0  0  0  5
>


On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 5:15 PM, karena <dr.jz...@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> I have a file like this:
> id    n1    n2   n3   n4   n5   n6
> 1      3     4    7     8     10    2
> 2      4     1    2     4     3     10
> 3      7     0    0     0     0     8
> 4      10    1    0     0     2     3
> 5      11    1    0     0     0     5
>
> what I want to do is: only if n2=0 and n3=0 and n4=0 and n5=0 then delete
> the row. how can I do that?
>
> thank you,
>
> karena
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