Greg, Greg Minshall wrote/hat geschrieben on/am 02.11.2021 08:57:
Heinz,x <- c("a","b","c") lettersnum <- 1:length(letters[]) names(lettersnum) <- letters[] lettersnum[x]lettersnum[x]a b c 1 2 3i'm not sure if the following is obviously better, but one might do ----b <- match(a, a) names(b) <- a ba b c 1 2 3 ---- cheers, Greg
You are right - match seems obviously better, but why not do
x <- c("a","b","c")
match(x, letters[])
best, Heinz
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