Try this: setdiff(vector_1, vector_2)
On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 2:53 PM, Thomas Jensen <thomas.jen...@eup.gess.ethz.ch> wrote: > Dear R-list, > > I have a problem which I think is quite basic, but so far google has not > helped me. > > I have two vectors like this: > > vector_1 <- c(Belgium, Spain, Greece, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, > Portugal) > > vector_2 <- c(Denmark, Luxembourg) > > I would like to find the elements in vector_1 that are not in vector_2 > > so that i get a vector with these countries: Belgium, Spain, Greece, > Ireland, Netherlands, Portugal. > > Thanks a lot, > > Thomas > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > 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. > -- Henrique Dallazuanna Curitiba-Paraná-Brasil 25° 25' 40" S 49° 16' 22" O ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list 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.