Drop row in data table

droprowdatatable.R

library(data.table)

dt <- data.table(name = c("M","P","S"), 
                 pet = c("dog","cat","fish"))

# famous question can be simple
#   http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12328056/how-do-i-delete-rows-in-a-data-frame
dt <- dt[-c(1:2),]

# Note it is called subsetting
# http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/r/faq/subset_R.htm