Interactive Subsetting Exercises

The function, “subset()” is intended as a convienent, interactive substitute for subsetting with brackets. subset() extracts subsets of matrices, data frames, or vectors (including lists), according to specified conditions.

Answers to the exercises are available here.

Exercise 1

Subset the vector, “mtcars[,1]“, for values greater than “15.0“.

Exercise 2

Subset the dataframe, “mtcars” for rows with “mpg” greater than , or equal to, 21 miles per gallon.

Exercise 3

Subset “mtcars” for rows wih “cyl” less than “6“, and “gear” exactly equal to “4“.

Exercise 4

Subset “mtcars” for rows greater than, or equal to, 21 miles per gallon. Also, select only the columns, “mpg” through “hp“.

Exercise 5

Subset “airquality” for “Ozone” greater than “28“, or “Temp” greater than “70“. Return the first five rows.

Exercise 6

Subset “airquality” for “Ozone” greater than “28“, and “Temp” greater than “70“. Select the columns, “Ozone” and “Temp“. Return the first five rows.

Exercise 7

Subset the “CO2” dataframe for “Treatment” values of “chilled“,
and “uptake” values greater that “15“. Remove the category, “conc“. Return the first 10 rows.

Exercise 8

Subset the “airquality” dataframe for rows without “Ozone” values of “NA“.

Exercise 9

Subset “airquality” for “Ozone” greater than “100“. Select the columns “Ozone“, “Temp“, “Month” and “Day” only.

Exercise 10

Subset “LifeCycleSavings” for “sr” greater than “8“, and less than “10“. Remove columns “pop75” through “dpi“.

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