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This seems to be simple but I can't find the answer. I combine two vectors using cbind().
> first = c(1:5)
> second = c(6:10)
> values = cbind(first,second)
When I want to retrieve a single element using values[1,2] I always get the column name in addition to the actual element.
> values[1,2]
second
6
How can I get the value without the column name?
I know I can remove the column names in the matrix like in this post: How to remove column names from a matrix in R? But how can I leave the matrix as is and only get the value I want?
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To remove the row names or column names from a matrix, we just need to set them to NULL, in this way all the names will be nullified.
The most easiest way to drop columns is by using subset() function. In the code below, we are telling R to drop variables x and z. The '-' sign indicates dropping variables. Make sure the variable names would NOT be specified in quotes when using subset() function.
We use colnames() function for renaming the matrix column in R. It is quite simple to use the colnames() function. If you want to know more about colnames() function, then you can get help about it in R Studio using the command help(colnames) or ? colnames().
We can use unname
unname(values[1,2])
#[1] 6
Or as.vector
as.vector(values[1,2])
You can use the [[ operator to extact a single element,
values[[1,2]]
# [1] 6
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