[R] find the index of the next largest element in a sorted vector

[jim holtman]

Is this what you want:

> x <- c(0,3,4)
> ?findInterval
> findInterval(2, x)
[1] 1
>


On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 9:34 AM, Hao Cen <hcen at andrew.cmu.edu> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> How can I find the index of the next largest element in a sorted vector if
> an element is not found.
>
> for example, searching 2 in c(0,3,4) would return 1 since 2 is not in the
> vector and 0 is the next largest element to 2.
>
> I tried which and match and neither returns such information.
>
>> which(c(0,3,4) == 2)
> integer(0)
>> match(2, c(0,3,4))
> [1] NA
>
>
> thanks
>
> Jeff
>
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