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Mike Spam <ichmags...@googlemail.com> wrote: >Hi, > >I was looking for a function like "which()" but only returns the first >argument. >Compare: > >x <- c(1,2,3,4,5,6) >y <- 4 >which(x>y) > >returns: >5,6 > >which(x>y)[1] >returns: >5 > >which(x>y)[1] is exactly what i need. I did use this but the dataset >is too big (~18 mio. Points). >That's why i need a more effective way to get the first element of a >vector which is bigger/smaller than a specific number. > >I found "match()" but this function only works for equal numbers. > > > >Thanks, >Nico > >______________________________________________ >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. ______________________________________________ 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.