[R] Matching two vectors

[Sarah Goslee]

vect_1[vect_2_id]

and perhaps a readthrough of some of the very nice
intro to R materials available online.

Sarah

On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 3:41 PM, Vincy Pyne <vincy_pyne at yahoo.ca> wrote:
> Dear R helpers
>
> Suppose I have a vector as
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> vect_1 = c("AAA", "AA", "A", "BBB", "BB", "B", "CCC")
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> vect_1_id = c(1:length(vect_1))
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> Through some process I obtain
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> vect_2_id = c(2, 3, 7), then I need a new vector say vect_2 which will give me
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> vect2 = ("AA", "A", "CCC")  i.e. I need the subset of vect_1 as per vect_2_id.
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> Thanking in advance
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> Regards
>
> Vincy
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