Get Exclusive Elements between Two Objects in R Programming – setdiff() Function

setdiff() Function in detail

The setdiff() function in R is used to find elements that are present in the first object but not in the second object.

Syntax:

setdiff(x, y)

Parameters:

• x and y: Objects containing a sequence of items.

Example 1: Using setdiff() with Numeric Vectors

# R program to illustrate setdiff() function

# Vector 1
num_vec1 <- c(10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 50, 50)

# Vector 2
num_vec2 <- c(20:40)

# Calling setdiff() function
result <- setdiff(num_vec1, num_vec2)

print(result)

Output:

[1] 10 50 60

Example 2: Using setdiff() with Character Vectors

# R program to illustrate setdiff() function

# Vector 1
char_vec1 <- c("Apple", "Orange")

# Vector 2
char_vec2 <- c("Apple", "Banana", "Mango")

# Calling setdiff() function
result <- setdiff(char_vec1, char_vec2)

print(result)

Output:

[1] "Orange"

Example 3: Using setdiff() with Data Frames

# R program to illustrate setdiff() function

# Data frame 1
df1 <- data.frame(A = c(15, 25, 35),
                  B = c(5, 5, 5))

# Data frame 2
df2 <- data.frame(C = c(5, 10, 15),
                  D = c(5, 5, 5))

# Calling setdiff() function
result <- setdiff(df1, df2)

print(result)

Output:

A
1 15
2 25
3 35