This is a perfect case of vectorisation( recycling too) in R. read about them
(1:100)[rep(c(TRUE,FALSE), c(8,2))]
# [1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 31 32
#[27] 33 34 35 36 37 38 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 61 62 63 64
#[53] 65 66 67 68 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 91 92 93 94 95 96
#[79] 97 98