Hi, > x=c(rep(1,3),rep(3,2)) > x [1] 1 1 1 3 3 > duplicated(x) [1] FALSE TRUE TRUE FALSE TRUE > As shown in the above code, 'duplicated' doesn't return 'F' for the first '1' and first '3' in 'x'. I am wondering if there is a function that can return an indicator for any element whether it appears in a vector twice or more. Regards, Peng