Only planets with rings but shorter
So what exactly did you learn in the previous exercises? You selected a subset from a data frame (planets_df) based on whether or not a certain condition was true (rings or no rings), and you managed to pull out all relevant data. Pretty awesome! By now, NASA is probably already flirting with your CV ;-).
Now, let us move up one level and use the function subset(). You should see the subset() function as a short-cut to do exactly the same as what you did in the previous exercises.
subset(my_df, subset = some_condition)
The first argument of subset() specifies the dataset for which you want a subset. By adding the second argument, you give R the necessary information and conditions to select the correct subset.
The code below will give the exact same result as you got in the previous exercise, but this time, you didn't need the rings_vector!
subset(planets_df, subset = rings)
This exercise is part of the course
Introduction to R
Exercise instructions
Use subset() on planets_df to select planets that have a diameter smaller than Earth. Because the diameter variable is a relative measure of the planet's diameter w.r.t that of planet Earth, your condition is diameter < 1.
Hands-on interactive exercise
Have a go at this exercise by completing this sample code.
# planets_df is pre-loaded in your workspace
# Select planets with diameter < 1