R help - Apr 2012 - match values from data.frame and vector

Dear R helpers!

I have a vector 'x1' and data.frame 'df1'. Do you have any
suggestion how to get vector x2, which will be a result of matching values from
vector 'x1' and values from 'df1'? Please, see the example:

x1 <- c(rep(1,3), rep(NA,2), rep(2,4))
df1 <- data.frame(c1 = c(1,2), c2 = c(5,6))

I would like to get vector x2:
> x2
[1]  5  5  5 NA NA  6  6  6  6

Thanks a lot, OV

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On Apr 15, 2012, at 09:36 , Omphalodes Verna wrote:
> Dear R helpers!
> 
> I have a vector 'x1' and data.frame 'df1'. Do you have any
suggestion how to get vector x2, which will be a result of matching values from
vector 'x1' and values from 'df1'? Please, see the example:
> 
> x1 <- c(rep(1,3), rep(NA,2), rep(2,4))
> df1 <- data.frame(c1 = c(1,2), c2 = c(5,6))
> 
> I would like to get vector x2:
>> x2
> [1]  5  5  5 NA NA  6  6  6  6
> 
> Thanks a lot, OV
You mean like this?
> df1$c2[match(x1, df1$c1)]
[1]  5  5  5 NA NA  6  6  6  6


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