[R] Max consecutive increase in sequence

[Ingmar Visser]

rle(diff(sq)) could be helpful here,
best, Ingmar

On May 13, 2008, at 11:19 PM, Marko Milicic wrote:

> Hi all R helpers,
>
> I'm trying to comeup with nice and elegant way of "detecting"  
> consecutive
> increases/decreases in the sequence of numbers. I'm trying with  
> combination
> of which() and diff() functions but unsuccesifuly.
>
> For example:
>
> sq <- c(1, 2, 3, 4, 4, 4, 5, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1);
>
> I'd like to find way to calculate
>
> a) maximum consecutive increase = 3 (from 1 to 4)
> b) maximum consecutive decrease = 5 (from 6 to 1)
>
> All ideas are highly welcomed!
>
>
>
>
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