Hi Lydia,
Try this:
# Function
ratio=function(x){
temp=NULL
for (n in 1:length(x)) temp=c(temp,x[n]/x[n-1])
temp
}
# Example
x=c(1,2,3,2,1,2,3)
ratio(x)
[1] 2.0000000 1.5000000 0.6666667 0.5000000 2.0000000 1.5000000
HTH,
Jorge
On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 9:52 AM, Lydia N. Slobodian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello. I'm trying find the ratios between each of the integers in a
> vector. I have:
>
> for (n in x) {
> ratio <- (x[n]/x[n-1])
> ratio.all <- c(ratio.all, ratio)
> }
>
> Of course this doesn't work, nor does diff(n)/diff(n-1). Is there a
> way to specify a pair of integers in a vector?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Lydia
>
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