[R] locate word in vector

jim holtman jholtman at gmail.com
Sat Sep 15 02:16:53 CEST 2007


Is this what you want:

> x <- c("superman" , "xamn" ,     "spiderman", "superman" , "superman" , "xman",
+ "spiderman" )
> which(x == "superman")
[1] 1 4 5
>


On 9/14/07, kevinchang <shukai at seas.upenn.edu> wrote:
>
> Hey All,
>
>
> I am wondering if there is a built-in function allowing us to locate a
> particular word in a character vector.
>
> ex: vector a
>
> a
> [1] "superman"  "xamn"      "spiderman" "superman"  "superman"  "xman"
> [7] "spiderman"
>
> Is there any built-in function that can show "superman" are the first,
> fourth and fifith element in "a"? Please help me out. Thanks.
>
>
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What is the problem you are trying to solve?



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