[R] Determine longest run of number

[Mark Del Cerro]

Hi Michael,

Thanks for the response -- that's exactly what I was looking for.

Thanks,
Mark

-----Original Message-----
From: R. Michael Weylandt [mailto:michael.weylandt at gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, November 02, 2012 3:02 PM
To: Mark Del Cerro
Cc: r-help at r-project.org
Subject: Re: [R] Determine longest run of number

I believe you're looking for the rle() function.

Cheers,
Michael

On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 9:20 PM, Mark Del Cerro
<Mark.DelCerro at powerint.com> wrote:
> Does anybody know a way to determine the longest run of a number in a 
> vector of numbers?
> For example if I have the following numbers: 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1

> 1; how can I determine that the longest run of 1's = 4 and longest run

> of 0's = 3?
>
> Thanks,
> Mark
>
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