If I have a character array: list = c("A", "B", "C") how do I access the third element without doing list[3]. Can't I find the index of "C" using a particular function? -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Extracting-index-in-character-array-tp2994029p2994029.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.