Dear all, I want to replace an (unsorted) id variable in a large dataset by a running number without changing the order of the cases.
E.g., y <- c(4,4,4,2,45,12,12) should be replaced by something like x <- c(1,1,1,2,3,4,4) Sorry for this simple question & thank you very much for your help! [[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.