[R] replicating SAS's "proc rank" procedure

[rdporto1]

Jiho.han,

> I wonder if there's a way to replicate SAS rank procedure where it ranks a
> variable by a certain number of groups. For example, it's very easy to
> calculate quintile rank in SAS, but I couldn't find the similar function in
> R. 
> 
> Does anyone know how to do this?

There are some functions you can try: rank(), order() or sort().
Actually, I didn't understand well your problem.

> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.

It can be a simple SAS code just to let us help you more.

Rogerio