Thank you very much! This does indeed what I am looking for and really have R-ish look and feel. I just have turned that into a little handy function 'replicates'
Best wishes, Eric 2007/12/19, Henrique Dallazuanna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Try this: > > replicate <- vector("numeric", len=length(x)) > replicate[order(x)] <- unlist(sapply(rle(sort(x))$lengths, seq_len)) > > On 19/12/2007, Eric Lecoutre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dear R-help, > > > > I am trying to have a generic way to assess the replicates in a > character > > vector. > > Say that I have the following vector: > > > > x <- c('A','B','A','C','C','B') > > > > I would like to obtain: > > > > replicates <- c(1,1,2,1,2,2) > > > > each number beeing the time we see the corresponding value in x. > > > > Any clever and generic way to obtain that? > > > > Eric > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Eric Lecoutre > > Consultant - Business & Decision > > Business Intelligence & Customer Intelligence > > > > [[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. > > > > > -- > Henrique Dallazuanna > Curitiba-Paraná-Brasil > 25° 25' 40" S 49° 16' 22" O > -- Eric Lecoutre Consultant - Business & Decision Business Intelligence & Customer Intelligence [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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