min(which(is.na(inc)==FALSE)) #index inc[min(which(is.na(inc)==FALSE))] #value
hth daniel ------------------------- cuncta stricte discussurus ------------------------- -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] Im Auftrag von Alfredo Alessandrini Gesendet: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 10:00 AM An: r-help@r-project.org Betreff: [R] first value... Hi, I've a vector like this: > inc [1] NA NA NA NA NA NA NA [8] NA NA NA NA NA NA NA [15] NA NA NA NA NA NA NA [22] NA NA NA NA NA NA NA [29] NA NA NA NA NA NA NA [36] NA NA NA NA NA NA NA [43] NA NA NA NA NA NA NA [50] NA NA NA NA NA NA NA [57] NA NA NA NA NA NA NA [64] NA NA NA NA NA NA NA [71] NA NA NA NA NA NA NA [78] NA NA NA NA 13.095503 10.140119 7.989186 [85] 8.711888 7.201234 13.029250 14.430755 8.662832 8.810785 14.421302 [92] 7.614985 7.548091 9.843389 14.977402 20.875255 7.787543 2.005056 [99] 4.016916 3.601773 4.140390 7.241999 13.280794 18.038902 18.762169 I must obtain the position of first value of the vector... In this case is 82. > inc[82] [1] 13.09550 Regards, Alfredo ______________________________________________ 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.