i want to compare two variables (having numbers) serially for matching/dismatching both having equal length
> x [1] 2 2 1 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 2 2 2 1 2 2 [38] 2 2 2 3 2 3 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 2 3 3 3 2 2 [75] 2 2 3 2 2 1 1 1 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 3 > y [1] 2 2 2 1 3 1 3 2 1 3 3 3 3 2 2 1 2 3 3 3 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 3 1 2 2 1 1 2 [38] 1 2 3 2 1 3 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 3 2 3 2 1 2 2 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 [75] 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 3 3 3 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 3 > length(x) [1] 109 > length(y) [1] 109 > #both having equal length > which(x%in%y) #gives no of matches positions [1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 [19] 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 [37] 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 [55] 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 [73] 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 [91] 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 [109] 109 > length(which(x%in%y)) [1] 109 it show that all numbers are matched ,but in real this is not true so,how to find matched numbers from two variables(numeric) like this? -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/problem-in-matching-numbers-in-two-variables-tp4594912p4594912.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________ 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.