Is this what you want:
> x <- c("superman" , "xamn" , "spiderman", "superman" , "superman" ,
> "xman",
+ "spiderman" )
> which(x == "superman")
[1] 1 4 5
>
On 9/14/07, kevinchang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hey All,
>
>
> I am wondering if there is a built-in function allowing us to locate a
> particular word in a character vector.
>
> ex: vector a
>
> a
> [1] "superman" "xamn" "spiderman" "superman" "superman" "xman"
> [7] "spiderman"
>
> Is there any built-in function that can show "superman" are the first,
> fourth and fifith element in "a"? Please help me out. Thanks.
>
>
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