jim holtman wrote: > ?match > >> X > [1] 2 6 1 7 4 3 5 >> Y > [1] 1 1 6 4 6 1 4 1 2 3 6 6 1 2 4 4 5 4 1 7 6 6 4 4 7 1 2 >> match(Y,X) > [1] 3 3 2 5 2 3 5 3 1 6 2 2 3 1 5 5 7 5 3 4 2 2 5 5 4 3 1 >
I quite like this solution: > X[X[X[X[X[X[X[X[X[X[X]]]]]]]]]][Y] [1] 3 3 2 5 2 3 5 3 1 6 2 2 3 1 5 5 7 5 3 4 2 2 5 5 4 3 1 but somehow I don't think its general enough... Barry ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.