Does this do what you want?
> x <- c(1,4,2,6,7,5)
> x.i <- c(1,4,5)
> partiMax <- function(vec, index){
+ # create a vector to identify the subvectors
+ x.b <- diff(c(index, length(vec) + 1))
+ # split up the vector
+ x.s <- split(vec, rep(seq_along(index), times=x.b))
+ unlist(lapply(x.s, max))
+ }
>
> partiMax(x, x.i)
1 2 3
4 6 7
> partiMax(6:1, x.i)
1 2 3
6 3 2
>
>
On Jan 7, 2008 11:18 AM, Talbot Katz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi.
>
> Suppose I have a vector that I partition into disjoint, contiguous
> subvectors. For example, let v = c(1,4,2,6,7,5), partition it into three
> subvectors, v1 = v[1:3], v2 = v[4], v3 = v[5:6]. I want to find the maximum
> element of each subvector. In this example, max(v1) is 4, max(v2) is 6,
> max(v3) is 7. If I knew that the successive subvector maxima would never
> decrease, as in the example, I could do the following:
>
> partiCmax <- function( values, seriesIdx ) {
> # assume seriesIdx is increasing integer sequence beginning with 1, ending
> at less than or equal to length(values)
> parti <- cbind( seriesIdx, c( ( seriesIdx[ -1 ] - 1 ), length( values ) ) )
> return( cummax( values )[ parti[ , 2 ] ] )
> }
>
>
> The use of cummax makes that pretty efficient, but if the subvector maxima
> are not non-decreasing, it doesn't work. The following function works (at
> least it did on the examples I tried):
>
> partiMax <- function( values, seriesIdx ) {
> # assume seriesIdx is increasing integer sequence beginning with 1, ending
> at less than or equal to length(values)
> parti <- cbind( seriesIdx, c( ( seriesIdx[ -1 ] - 1 ), length( values ) ) )
> return( sapply( ( 1:length(seriesIdx) ), function ( i ) {return( max(
> values[ parti[ i, 1 ]:parti[ i, 2 ] ] ) ) } ) )
> }
>
>
> but I figured someone out there could come up with something cleverer.
> Thanks!
>
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