Hi! >>>> in R? Basically, what I need is a mixture of order() and rank(). >>>> While the former allows to specify multiple vectors, it doesn't >>>> provide the flexibility of rank() such that I can specify what >>>> happens if ties can not be broken. >>> An example of this "simple problem" would clarify this greatly. I >>> cannot tell what "flexibility" in 'rank' is missing in 'order'. >> >> Thanks for your answer. For instance, if I have two vectors such as >> >> 1 1 >> 1 2 >> 1 2 >> 1 3 >> 2 1 >> >> that I want combinedly ranked. I'd like to get an output >> >> 1 >> 2 >> 2 >> 4 >> 5 >> >> or (ties.method=average) >> >> 1 >> 2.5 >> 2.5 >> 4 >> 5 >> >> Basically, I need a function similar to the rank() function that >> accepts >> more than one vector (as order() does). > Can't you just paste the columns and run rank on the results? 'rank' > accepts character vectors.
I was looking for an elegant solution ;) In the real case I have double values and this would be quite inefficient then. Best, Sebastian ______________________________________________ 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.
