An example: choose rows of X except row 3
> x <- matrix(seq(1,25),5,5)
> x
[,1] [,2] [,3] [,4] [,5]
[1,] 1 6 11 16 21
[2,] 2 7 12 17 22
[3,] 3 8 13 18 23
[4,] 4 9 14 19 24
[5,] 5 10 15 20 25
> x[-3,]
[,1] [,2] [,3] [,4] [,5]
[1,] 1 6 11 16 21
[2,] 2 7 12 17 22
[3,] 4 9 14 19 24
[4,] 5 10 15 20 25