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Posted on January 27, 2023 (Updated on July 10, 2025)

Removing rows in shapefile in R

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How do I remove rows from a data frame in R?

Remove Rows from the data frame in R

  1. Remove any rows containing NA’s. df %>% na. omit()
  2. Remove any rows in which there are no NAs in a given column. df %>% filter(! is.
  3. Get rid of duplicates. df %>% distinct()
  4. Remove rows based on their index position. df %>% filter(!
  5. Based on the condition, remove rows.

 

How do I remove data from a shapefile?

You can also delete fields with the Delete Field tool. In ArcMap, right-click the shapefile layer in the table of contents and click Open Attribute Table. Right-click the field heading in the table and click Delete Field.

How do I remove missing rows in R?

By using na. omit() , complete. cases() , rowSums() , and drop_na() methods you can remove rows that contain NA ( missing values) from R data frame.
 

How do I remove a character row in R?

You can either use R base function gsub() or use str_replace() from stringr package to remove characters from a string or text. In this article, I will explain how to remove a single character or multiple characters from a String in R by using gsub() and str_replace() functions.
 

How do I remove a few rows from a data frame?

To delete a row from a DataFrame, use the drop() method and set the index label as the parameter.
 

How do I delete multiple rows in a data frame?

To delete rows and columns from DataFrames, Pandas uses the “drop” function. To delete a column, or multiple columns, use the name of the column(s), and specify the “axis” as 1. Alternatively, as in the example below, the ‘columns’ parameter has been added in Pandas which cuts out the need for ‘axis’.

How do I Delete columns in shapefile?

Quick way to delete columns from a shapefile

  1. Open up the attribute table.
  2. Turn on editing (far left toolbar button)
  3. Click the Delete Field button (third from the right, or press Ctrl-L) and select the fields to delete.

 

Can you edit a shapefile?

You can edit all the shapefiles in the same folder during an edit session. If the shapefiles in your map are stored in different folders, you are not able to edit them in the same edit session. You need to stop editing on the first folder, then start editing on the other folder.

How do I remove data from a list?

There are three ways in which you can Remove elements from List:

  1. Using the remove() method.
  2. Using the list object’s pop() method.
  3. Using the del operator.

 

How do I remove multiple rows from a Dataframe in R?

You can use one of the following methods to remove multiple rows from a data frame in R:

  1. Method 1: Remove Specific Rows #remove rows 2, 3, and 4 new_df <- df[-c(2, 3, 4), ]
  2. Method 2: Remove Range of Rows #remove rows 2 through 5 new_df <- df[-c(2:5), ]

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