[R] function to compare numbers

[jim holtman]

> x <- 2
> y <- 3
> ifelse(x > y, 1, ifelse(x < y, -1, 0))
[1] -1


On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 9:33 AM, Hyunchul Kim <hyunchul.kim.sfc at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, all
>
> is there a built-in function to compare two numbers?
>
> something like following function
>
> cmp <- function(x, y){
>    value <- 0
>    if (x > y){
>        value <- 1
>    }else if (x == y){
>        value <- 0
>    }else {
>        value <- -1
>    }
>    return(value)
> }
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Hyunchul
>
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