This is great all. It works perfectly. Thank-you.
Cheers, Jesse On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 14:27, Adrian Dusa <dusa.adr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Jesse, > > If your vector is called "aa", then how about: > > > table(aa) > aa > spp1 spp10 spp2 spp3 spp4 spp5 spp6 spp7 spp8 spp9 > 7 2 16 8 15 9 9 10 9 15 > > Hope this helps, > Adrian > > > On Thursday 14 January 2010, Jesse Sinclair wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I have a vector of strings and need to count the number of times a string > > appears in the vector. > > > > eg: > > > > [1] spp6 spp10 spp6 spp6 spp4 spp2 spp9 spp10 spp5 spp2 spp2 > spp3 > > [13] spp4 spp3 spp6 spp10 spp6 spp4 spp9 spp3 spp6 spp1 spp10 > > spp8 > > > > [25] spp2 spp10 spp9 spp7 spp1 spp3 spp8 spp6 spp3 spp8 spp6 > > spp5 > > > > [37] spp5 spp9 spp3 spp1 spp4 spp5 spp9 spp3 spp3 spp5 spp4 > > spp9 > > > > [49] spp3 spp7 spp7 spp2 spp6 spp5 spp7 spp4 spp8 spp9 spp2 > > spp6 > > > > [61] spp3 spp3 spp2 spp6 spp3 spp5 spp6 spp6 spp4 spp1 spp1 > > spp1 > > > > [73] spp10 spp8 spp1 spp6 spp1 spp5 spp8 spp9 spp5 spp6 spp9 > > spp10 > > [85] spp2 spp6 spp10 spp1 spp2 spp3 spp5 spp8 spp2 spp7 spp4 > > spp7 > > > > [97] spp2 spp6 spp2 spp6 > > > > Is it possible to create a vector of counts for each spp1-spp10? > > > > Any help or ideas would be appreciated. > > > > Cheers, > > Jesse > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > > > -- > Adrian Dusa > Romanian Social Data Archive > 1, Schitu Magureanu Bd. > 050025 Bucharest sector 5 > Romania > Tel.:+40 21 3126618 \ > +40 21 3120210 / int.101 > Fax: +40 21 3158391 > [[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.