[R] Intersection of two sets of intervals

[Thomas Meyer]

pmax/pmin did the trick nicely -- the right-size tool I was hoping for.

Thanks to all,

-tom

On 4/15/2009 9:14 AM, ONKELINX, Thierry wrote:
> Not of the self but still not complicated:
> 
> list1 <- data.frame(open=c(1,5), close=c(2,10))
> list2 <- data.frame(open=c(1.5,3), close=c(2.5,10))
> 
> Intersec <- data.frame(Open = pmax(list1$open, list2$open), Close =
> pmin(list1$close, list2$close))
> Intersec[Intersec$Open > Intersec$Close, ] <- NA
> Intersec
> 
> HTH,
> 
> Thierry
> 
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> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: r-help-bounces at r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org]
> Namens Thomas Meyer
> Verzonden: woensdag 15 april 2009 14:59
> Aan: r-help at r-project.org
> Onderwerp: [R] Intersection of two sets of intervals
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Algorithm question: I have two sets of "intervals", where an interval is
> 
> an ordered pair [a,b] of two numbers. Is there an efficient way in R to 
> generate the intersection of two lists of same?
> 
> For concreteness: I'm representing a set of intervals with a data.frame:
> 
>  > list1 = as.data.frame(list(open=c(1,5), close=c(2,10)))
>  > list1
>    open close
> 1    1     2
> 2    5    10
> 
>  > list2 = as.data.frame(list(open=c(1.5,3), close=c(2.5,10)))
>  > list2
>    open close
> 1  1.5   2.5
> 2  3.0  10.0
> 
> How do I get the intersection which would be something like:
>    open close
> 1  1.5   2.0
> 2  5.0  10.0
> 
> I wonder if there's some ready-built functionality that might help me 
> out. I'm new to R and am still learning to vectorize my code and my 
> thinking. Or maybe there's a package for interval arithmetic that I can 
> just pull off the shelf.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -tom
>