Hi all, I have a list x: > x=list(a=c('1','2'),b=c('2','3'),c=c('1','2'),d=c('2','3')) I can get the unique elements with unique(), but how can I get the number of duplicates for each unique elements? > unique(x) [[1]] [1] "1" "2" [[2]] [1] "2" "3" Thanks -- Best, Zhenjiang