R help - Apr 2006 - string vector indices

Hi,

I have a string vector, say,
x <- "a", "aab"
and anther string vector, say,
y <- "a", "aa", "aab", "aabc".

Is there any R function to get the indices of y for the elements of x, that
is, foo(x, y) will give me the index vector c(1, 3)?

I know i can combine apply() and grep("^aab$", y) to do it. But is
there any
elegant R function I can use?

Thanks,

-Luke

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On Sun, Apr 16, 2006 at 12:26:29AM -0400, Luke wrote:
> 
> x <- "a", "aab"
> y <- "a", "aa", "aab", "aabc".
> 
> Is there any R function to get the indices of y for the elements of x, that
> is, foo(x, y) will give me the index vector c(1, 3)?
match(x, y)

cu
	Philipp

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