See > length(unique(x)) [1] 6
> table(x) On 02/03/2008, Pete Dorothy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I am sorry for asking such a basic question. I could not find an answer to > it using google. > > I have a discrete variable (a vector x) taking for example the following > values : 0, 3, 4, 3, 15, 5, 6, 5 > > Is it possible to know how many different values (modalities) it takes ? > Here it takes 6 different values but the length of the vector is 8. > > I would like to know if there is a way to get the set of the > modalities {0,3,4,15,5,6} with the number of times each one is taken > {1,2,1,1,2,1} > > Thank you very much > > P.S. : is there some useful functions for discrete variables ? > > [[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. > -- Henrique Dallazuanna Curitiba-Paraná-Brasil 25° 25' 40" S 49° 16' 22" O ______________________________________________ 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.