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
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
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