[R] strange algorithm needed

[Dimitris Rizopoulos]

probably you want to use the 'length' argument of rep(), e.g.,

rep(1:3, length = 17)


I hope it helps.

Best,
Dimitris

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Mark.Leeds at MorganStanley.com>
To: <r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch>
Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 3:36 PM
Subject: [R] strange algorithm needed


>
>
> i need a strange algorithm that i can easily do in a loop but need
> o do without looping.
>
> suppose i have a vector of length y filled with zeros and a number 
> x.
>
> then, i want a new vector which is 
> (1,......x,1......x,1.....x,1.....y mod
> x )
>
> so if y was of length 17 and x was 3, the resultant vector should be
>
> (1,2,3,1,2,3,1,2,3,1,2,3,1,2,3,1,2)
>
> so basically , the algorithm should repeat seq(1,x) as many times as
> needed to fill y but
> then , if the last one doesn;'t fit perfectly, it should stop 
> whenever it
> hits the end of y ?
>
> rep(seq(1:x,length(y)/x) will work when there is a perfect fit but
> it can't handle the non fit cases. it just cuts
> off the non integer part of length(y)/x and then fills the vector
> do that the resultant vector is less than the length of y.
>
> thanks.
>
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