[R] Testing if all elements are equal in a vector/matrix

[Vincent Goulet]

I like this one! It however has the same drawback as 

any(x == x[1])

Patrick Burn's suggestion is also quite nice and original and allows for some 
fuzzyness, like all.equal() does.

I will conclude from this thread that there is no canonical way to do the test 
I want, but many different approaches (something frequent in R). Thanks all 
for the suggestions!

Le 29 Août 2005 17:45, vous avez écrit :
> or perhaps
>
> length(unique(x))==1
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch
> [mailto:r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of Patrick Burns
> Sent: Monday, August 29, 2005 5:22 PM
> To: vincent.goulet at act.ulaval.ca
> Cc: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
> Subject: Re: [R] Testing if all elements are equal in a vector/matrix
>
> How about
>
> diff(range(x)) < tolerance
>
> Patrick Burns
> patrick at burns-stat.com
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> http://www.burns-stat.com
> (home of S Poetry and "A Guide for the Unwilling S User")
>
> Vincent Goulet wrote:
> >Is there a canonical way to check if all elements of a vector or matrix
> >
> >are the same? Solutions below work, but look hackish to me.
> >
> >>x <- rep(1, 10)
> >>all(x == x[1])  # == operator does not provide for small differences
> >
> >[1] TRUE
> >
> >>isTRUE(all.equal(x, rep(x[1], length(x)))) # ugly
> >
> >[1] TRUE
> >
> >Best,
> >
> >Vincent
>
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