How to Split a Data Frame Randomly in R Programming (Example Code)

In this article, I’ll explain how to split a data frame into multiple subsets in the R programming language.

Creating Example Data

data(iris)                                      # Load iris
head(iris)                                      # Head of iris
#   Sepal.Length Sepal.Width Petal.Length Petal.Width Species
# 1          5.1         3.5          1.4         0.2  setosa
# 2          4.9         3.0          1.4         0.2  setosa
# 3          4.7         3.2          1.3         0.2  setosa
# 4          4.6         3.1          1.5         0.2  setosa
# 5          5.0         3.6          1.4         0.2  setosa
# 6          5.4         3.9          1.7         0.4  setosa

Example: Splitting Data in Two Parts Randomly Using rbinom Function

set.seed(8739465)                               # Random seed
line_indicator <- rbinom(nrow(data), 1, 0.3)    # 30% - 70% split
iris_1 <- iris[line_indicator == 0, ]           # Create first data frame
head(iris_1)                                    # Head of first data frame
#   Sepal.Length Sepal.Width Petal.Length Petal.Width Species
# 1          5.1         3.5          1.4         0.2  setosa
# 3          4.7         3.2          1.3         0.2  setosa
# 4          4.6         3.1          1.5         0.2  setosa
# 5          5.0         3.6          1.4         0.2  setosa
# 7          4.6         3.4          1.4         0.3  setosa
# 8          5.0         3.4          1.5         0.2  setosa
iris_2 <- iris[line_indicator == 1, ]           # Create second data frame
head(iris_2)                                    # Head of second data frame
#    Sepal.Length Sepal.Width Petal.Length Petal.Width Species
# 2           4.9         3.0          1.4         0.2  setosa
# 6           5.4         3.9          1.7         0.4  setosa
# 12          4.8         3.4          1.6         0.2  setosa
# 16          5.7         4.4          1.5         0.4  setosa
# 22          5.1         3.7          1.5         0.4  setosa
# 26          5.0         3.0          1.6         0.2  setosa

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