Remove rows from a single-column data frame
When I try to remove the last row from a single column data frame, I get a vector back instead of a data frame: > df = data.frame(a=1:10) > df a 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 10 10 > df[-(length(df[,1])),] [1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 The behavior I'm looking for is what happens when I use this command on a two-column data frame: > df = data.frame(a=1:10,b=11:20) > df a b 1 1 11 2 2 12 3 3 13 4 4 14 5 5 15 6 6 16 7 7 17 8 8 18 9 9 19 10 10 20 > df[-(length(df[,1])),] a b 1 1 11 2 2 12 3 3 13 4 4 14 5 5 15 6 6 16 7 7 17 8 8 18 9 9 19 My code is general, and I don't know a priori whether the data