try this:
> values <- c("Kiwis", "Bananas", "Ananas", "Cherries", "Peer")
> vector <- c("Oranges", "Bananas", "Apples", "Cherries", "Lemons")
> vector <- sort(vector)
> vector
[1] "Apples" "Bananas" "Cherries" "Lemons" "Oranges"
> x <- sapply(values, function(x)ifelse(x<=vector, -1, 1))
> x
Dear R users,
I was wondering if R has a built-in function doing the following :
my_match(values_vector,lookup_vector)
{
for each value of values_vector :
if value %in% lookup_vector, then value is unchanged
else, value is changed the the closest element of lookup_vector, "closest"
meaning "the
