hi, Heinz, > You are right - match seems obviously better, but why not do > > x <- c("a","b","c") > match(x, letters[])
no, really, i wasn't sure of the requirements! cheers, Greg ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.