[R] matching items in a data frame

[Jim Holtman]

table(dat$word)

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On Jul 6, 2011, at 1:41, Lee Averell <Lee.Averell at newcastle.edu.au> wrote:

> I have a data frame with 2 columns, the first is an index of participants and the second is a list of words presented to the participant (see below).
> 
>> head(dat)
>     s    word
> 1a pianist
> 1a   sweat
> 1a carnage
> 1a   nymph
> 1a    hank
> 1a   waist
> 
>> tail(dat)
>        s    word
> 4a package
> 4a   blink
> 4a  orange
> 4a bedroom
> 4a    curb
> 4a    bowl
> 
> Some of the words are presented to multiple participants others are not. I am trying to get an index of 1) which words are repeated and  2) how many times they are repeated. Any suggestions?
> Lee
> 
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