Try this: replicate <- vector("numeric", len=length(x)) replicate[order(x)] <- unlist(sapply(rle(sort(x))$lengths, seq_len))
On 19/12/2007, Eric Lecoutre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear R-help, > > I am trying to have a generic way to assess the replicates in a character > vector. > Say that I have the following vector: > > x <- c('A','B','A','C','C','B') > > I would like to obtain: > > replicates <- c(1,1,2,1,2,2) > > each number beeing the time we see the corresponding value in x. > > Any clever and generic way to obtain that? > > Eric > > > > > -- > Eric Lecoutre > Consultant - Business & Decision > Business Intelligence & Customer Intelligence > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > -- Henrique Dallazuanna Curitiba-Paraná-Brasil 25° 25' 40" S 49° 16' 22" O ______________________________________________ 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.