> I would like to know if it?s possible to create an index for a
> variable/vector that specifies the value in the n position before
> the actual value.
>
> For example, if X <- c(letters[1:10]), x[10] is ?j?. I would like to
> create an index exp3 (the third position before) such as if z <-
> x[exp3], then z[10] = ?g?.
x<- letters[1:10]
Then either
z<- c(rep(NA,3), x)
z[10] #"g"
or
exp3<- 1:length(x) - 3; exp3[exp3<=0] <- NA
z <- x[exp3]
z[10] #"g"
Regards,
Richie.
Mathematical Sciences Unit
HSL
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