Getting Match of an Element within a Vector in R Programming – charmatch() Function
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23 Dec, 2021
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charmatch() function in R Programming Language is used to find matches between two arguments.
Syntax: charmatch(x, table, nomatch = NA_integer_)
Parameters:
- x: the values to be matched
- table: the values to be matched against
- nomatch: the integer value to be returned at non-matching position
r – charmatch() Function Example
Example 1:
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# R program to illustrate # charmatch function # Calling the charmatch() function charmatch ( "Geeks" , c ( "Geeks" , "forGeeks" )) charmatch ( "for" , c ( "Geeks" , "forGeeks" )) charmatch ( "forGeeks" , c ( "Geeks" , "forGeeks" , "GeeksforGeeks" )) charmatch ( "GeeksforGeeks" , c ( "Geeks" , "forGeeks" , "GeeksforGeeks" )) |
Output :
[1] 1 [1] 2 [1] 2 [1] 3
Example 2:
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# R program to illustrate # charmatch function # Calling the charmatch() function charmatch ( "an" , "sand" ) charmatch ( "and" , "sand" ) charmatch ( "sand" , "sand" ) |
Output:
[1] NA [1] NA [1] 1