[R] Create order of numbers based on a given vector

Ashim Kapoor ashimkapoor at gmail.com
Thu Oct 13 13:28:00 CEST 2011


I don't have access to R so I can't test my example but I think this will work.

vec ( as defined by you)

# flip the false and the trues
vec1<-ifelse(vec==FALSE,TRUE,FALSE)

ans<-cumsum(vec)

Regards,
Ashim

On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 4:45 PM, syrvn <mentor_ at gmx.net> wrote:
> Hello!
>
> If I have a vector vec <- c(FALSE, FALSE, TRUE, FALSE, TRUE, TRUE, FALSE
> FALSE)
>
> I can I create the following order of numbers based on vector vec:
>
> 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 5
>
> Whenever there is a FALSE I increase the number (starting with 1).
> Whenever there is a TRUE I set the same number as the previous FALSE has
> been assigned to.
>
>
> I would be happy for any input
>
> Cheers,
> Syrvn
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