[R] vector comparison

[Dimitris Rizopoulos]

probably you want to look at:

?any
?all


I hope it helps.

Best,
Dimitris

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Dimitris Rizopoulos
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School of Public Health
Catholic University of Leuven

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Karin Lagesen" <karinlag at studmed.uio.no>
To: <r-help at r-project.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 12:38 PM
Subject: [R] vector comparison


>
> I know this is fairly basic, but I must have somehow missed it in 
> the
> manuals.
>
> I have two vectors, often of unequal length. I would like to compare
> them for identity. Order of elements do not matter, but they should
> contain the same.
>
> I.e: I want this kind of comparison:
>
>> if (1==1) show("yes") else show("blah")
> [1] "yes"
>> if (1==2) show("yes") else show("blah")
> [1] "blah"
>>
>
> Only replace the numbers with for instance the vectors
>
>> a = c("a")
>> b = c("b","c")
>> c = c("c","b")
>
>
> Now, I realize I only get a warning when comparing things, but this 
> to
> me means that I am not doing it correctly:
>
>> if (a==a) show("yes") else show("blah")
> [1] "yes"
>> if (a==b) show("yes") else show("blah")
> [1] "blah"
> Warning message:
> In if (a == b) show("yes") else show("blah") :
>  the condition has length > 1 and only the first element will be 
> used
>>
>> if (b == c) show("yes") else show("blah")
> [1] "blah"
> Warning message:
> In if (b == c) show("yes") else show("blah") :
>  the condition has length > 1 and only the first element will be 
> used
>>
>
> I have also tried the %in% comparator, but that one throws warnings 
> too:
>
>> if (b %in% c) show("yes") else show("blah")
> [1] "yes"
> Warning message:
> In if (b %in% c) show("yes") else show("blah") :
>  the condition has length > 1 and only the first element will be 
> used
>>
>> if (c %in% c) show("yes") else show("blah")
> [1] "yes"
> Warning message:
> In if (c %in% c) show("yes") else show("blah") :
>  the condition has length > 1 and only the first element will be 
> used
>>
>
> So, how is this really supposed to be done?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Karin
>
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