[R] How to get the duplicated elements from a vector?

Dimitris Rizopoulos d.rizopoulos at erasmusmc.nl
Wed Oct 29 15:00:38 CET 2008


check duplicated(), e.g.,

x <- c("yes", "no", "yes", "yes", "no", "not sure")
x[duplicated(x)]


I hope it helps.

Best,
Dimitris


Leon Yee wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
>     How can I get the duplicated elements from a vector? For example,
> x <- c("yes", "no", "yes", "yes", "no", "not sure"), how can I filter 
> out all the elements which occured >=2 times?
> 
>     Thanks for any help!
> 
> Regards,
> Leon
> 
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