[R] generate sequences for every element of a vector

Dimitris Rizopoulos d.rizopoulos at erasmusmc.nl
Fri Oct 7 15:58:51 CEST 2011


One option is:

x <- c(3, 8, 14, 24, 34, 40)
c(sapply(x, seq, length = 3))


I hope it helps.

Best,
Dimitris


On 10/7/2011 3:40 PM, Martin Batholdy wrote:
> Dear R-List,
>
>
> I have the following problem:
>
> I have a vector that looks like this:
>
> x<- c(3, 8, 14, 24, 34, 40)
>
>
> And I would like to make a sequence out of every element, starting at the value of this element.
>
> So that I get a vector just like this:
>
> x<- c(3, 4, 5,     8, 9, 10,      14, 15, 16,       24, 25, 26,       34, 35, 36,      40, 41, 42)
>
>
>
>
> How can I do this without looping over the whole vector or something like this?
>
>
> thanks for any suggestions!
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