[R] How to test if there is a subvector in a longer vector

David Winsemius dwinsemius at comcast.net
Fri Sep 28 06:28:54 CEST 2012


On Sep 27, 2012, at 2:00 PM, Atte Tenkanen wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> There are certainly several ways to test, whether a longer vector includes a subvector. 
> For instance, c(1,4,6) is included in c(2,1,1,4,6,3). How to test this and which would be the fastest way to do it?
> 

> all( c(1,4,6) %in% c(2,1,1,4,6,3) )
[1] TRUE


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David Winsemius, MD
Alameda, CA, USA




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