I apologize for the confusion but that solution will work with a twist. I want to record only the first value of a state change that goes above 2. so if the sequence is
344455544334 it should read all 3s but 3442555414433 should read 3332555514444 Hope that helps clarify, if not I can get there from your function Bill, Thanks! Justin [[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.