[R] delete repeated values - not unique...

Erik Iverson eriki at ccbr.umn.edu
Tue Feb 16 19:13:25 CET 2010


Ah, the request was 'hidden' in the subject of the message, apologies!

Erik Iverson wrote:
> Well, can you algorithmically describe what you are trying to do? Your 
> example is not sufficient to determine it.  For instance, are you trying 
> to:
> 
> 1) remove repeated elements of a vector and concatenate the first 
> element at the end?
> 
> 2) remove repeated elements of a vector and concatenate the minimum 
> element at the end?
> 
> 3) always return the vector c(4, 5, 6, 4) ?
> 
> 4) something else?
> 
> 
> 
> jorgusch wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I must be blind not to see it, but I have the following vector:
>>
>> 4
>> 4
>> 5
>> 6
>> 6
>> 4
>>
>> What I would like to have as a result is:
>>
>> 4
>> 5
>> 6
>> 4
>>
>> All repeated values are gone. I cannot use unique for this, as the 
>> second 4
>> would disappear. Is there another fast function for this problem?
>>
>> Thanks in advance!
>>
> 
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