R: Create indices for elements in a vector or list
indexify
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Create indices for elements in a vector or list
Description
Create indexed components for the elements of a list.
Usage
indexify(x, out)
Arguments
x
a numeric vector or list of vectors
out
string indicating the output format
("vector" or "list")
Value
A vector (or list) of indexed numbers
Author(s)
Gaston Sanchez
See Also
listify
Examples
# let's say you have a numeric vector like this
num_vec = c(2, 3, 1, 4)
# get indices in vector format
indexify(num_vec)
# let's say you have a list like this
str_list = list(c("a","b","c"), c("d", "e"), c("f","g","h"))
# get indices in vector format
indexify(str_list)
# get indices in list format
indexify(str_list, "list")