[R] select elements in a list

Dear group, Here is a list : l - list(100415, 100416, 100419, 100420, 100421, 100422, 100423, 100426, 100427, 100428, 100429, 100430, 100503, 100504, 100505, 100506, 100507, 100510, 100511, 100512, 100513) I need to access part of it with two variables, x and y. For example, if

Re: [R] select elements in a list

Hi, This should work: select - l[which(l==x):which(l==y)] The problem is that you tried to select the values, but gave x and y as indexes. That's why you didn't get the expected result. See ?which for more info. HTH, Ivan Le 5/21/2010 11:07, arnaud Gaboury a écrit : Dear group, Here is a

Re: [R] select elements in a list

TY Ivan select - l[which(l==x):which(l==y)] returns the correct result. -Original Message- From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-boun...@r- project.org] On Behalf Of Ivan Calandra Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 11:20 AM To: r-help@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] select