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setdiff() function in R Programming Language is used to find the elements which are in the first Object but not in the second Object.

Syntax: setdiff(x, y)

Parameters: 

  • x and y: Objects with sequence of items

R - setdiff() Function Example

Example 1: Apply setdiff to Numeric Vectors in R Language

R
# R program to illustrate 
# the use of setdiff() function 
  
# Vector 1 
x1 <- c(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 5, 5)    
  
# Vector 2  
x2 <- c(2:4)     
  
# Calling setdiff() Function 
x3 <- setdiff(x1, x2)       
  
print(x3)                 

Output: 

[1] 1 5 6

Example 2: Apply setdiff to Character Vectors in R Language

R
# R program to illustrate 
# the use of setdiff() function 
  
# Vector 1 
x <- c("GFG", "GEEKS")    
  
# Vector 2  
y <- c("GFG", "Welcome", "HOME")     
  
# Calling setdiff() Function 
x3 <- setdiff(x, y)       
  
print(x3)                 

Output:

[1] "GEEKS"

Example 3: setdiff Between R Dataframes

R
# R program to illustrate  
# the use of setdiff() function 
  
# Data frame 1 
data_x <- data.frame(x1 = c(5, 6, 7),     
                     x2 = c(2, 2, 2)) 
  
# Data frame 2 
data_y <- data.frame(y1 = c(2, 3, 4),        
                     y2 = c(2, 2, 2)) 
  
# Calling setdiff() Function
data_z <- setdiff(data_x, data_y)   
  
print(data_z) 

Output: 

  x1
1  5
2  6
3  7

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