Create a vector: c(1,2,4,2,2) and use rank variable to return c(1,2,5,2,2)

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I would like to create a vector: c(1,2,4,2,2) And use rank variable to return: c(1,2,5,2,2) How do I use rank?

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 01 '20 at 17:52

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Check out the ?rank help page for options, specifically the ties.method= paramter. Specifically the output you want can be generated with ties.method="min"

rank(c(1,2,4,2,2), ties.method = "min")
# [1] 1 2 5 2 2

answered Oct 01 '20 at 17:52

MrFlick

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 01 '20 at 22:53

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Using min_rank from dplyr

library(dplyr)
min_rank(c(1,2,4,2,2))
#[1] 1 2 5 2 2

answered Oct 01 '20 at 22:53

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Create a vector: c(1,2,4,2,2) and use rank variable to return c(1,2,5,2,2)

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