[R] Replacing values job

[Barry Rowlingson]

jim holtman wrote:
> ?match
> 
>> X
> [1] 2 6 1 7 4 3 5
>> Y
>  [1] 1 1 6 4 6 1 4 1 2 3 6 6 1 2 4 4 5 4 1 7 6 6 4 4 7 1 2
>> match(Y,X)
>  [1] 3 3 2 5 2 3 5 3 1 6 2 2 3 1 5 5 7 5 3 4 2 2 5 5 4 3 1
> 

  I quite like this solution:

  > X[X[X[X[X[X[X[X[X[X[X]]]]]]]]]][Y]
    [1] 3 3 2 5 2 3 5 3 1 6 2 2 3 1 5 5 7 5 3 4 2 2 5 5 4 3 1

  but somehow I don't think its general enough...

Barry