[R] Recursive decreasing sequences

[Dimitrios Rizopoulos]

try this:

start.val <- 2
end.val <- 6500
system.time(res <- unlist(lapply(start.val:end.val, ":", to = end.val)))


I hope it helps.

Best,
Dimitris

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Dimitris Rizopoulos
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Quoting Julian Burgos <jmburgos at u.washington.edu>:

> Hello fellow R's,
>
> I'm sure there must be an easy way to do this.  But after digging in the
> documentation and thinking about it for a while I couldn't figure it
> out.  I need to get a decreasing recursive vector in.  I mean something
> like this: if starting at 2, and ending at 6, the vector should be
>
>  2 3 4 5 6 3 4 5 6 4 5 6 5 6 6
>
> An easy way would be to do this
>
>     x <- integer(0)
>     for (i in 5) x <- c(x, i:5)
>
> But I need to create really long vectors (where the ending value is in
> the order of 6500) , and using loops is way to slow.  I'm looking for a
> vectorized method.  Any help will be welcomed.
>
> Julian
>
> Julian M. Burgos
>
> Fisheries Acoustics Research Lab
> School of Aquatic and Fishery Science
> University of Washington
>
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> Seattle, WA  98105
>
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