[R] Duplicate elements of a vector

Dimitris Rizopoulos d.rizopoulos at erasmusmc.nl
Thu Oct 6 21:03:41 CEST 2011


Check function rep(), e.g.,

rep(c(1, 5, 23), each = 2)


I hope it helps.

Best,
Dimitris



On 10/6/2011 8:58 PM, syrvn wrote:
> Hi,
>
> let's assume I have the following vector a:
>
> 1 5 23
>
> How can I use R to duplicate the elements so that my new vector looks like:
>
> 1 1 5 5 23 23
>
>
> Many thanks,
> Syrvn
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