... just a note: you don't have to first sort the vector to do this: > x <- sample(1:7) > x [1] 3 5 7 6 2 4 1 > which(x==min(x[x>4])) [1] 2
Bert Gunter Genentech Nonclinical Biostatistics On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 3:12 AM, Raghu <r.raghura...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi > > I have a sorted array ( in ascending order) and I want to find the subscript > of a number in the array which is the the next highest number to a given > number. For example,if I have 67 as a given number and if I have a vector > x=c(23,36,45,62,79,103,109), then how do I get the subscript 5 from x (to > get 79 which is the next highest to 67) without using a for loop? > > Thx > > -- > 'Raghu' > > [[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. > ______________________________________________ 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.
