[R] ranking a vector in R

[arun]

Hi,

> dat<-c(5,4,3,12,15)
> rank(-dat)
[1] 3 4 5 2 1
> rank(dat)
[1] 3 2 1 4 5

A.K.



----- Original Message -----
From: Jessy <jmahachie at gmail.com>
To: r-help at r-project.org
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Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2012 6:24 PM
Subject: [R] ranking a vector in R

Hello,


May someone help me with how in R I can rank a vector from highest to
lowest. i.e  rank 1 (smallest rank) is given to the highest value instead
of the usual way that it get's the highest rank.

Regards,
Jessy

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