How about union() ?
> a <- as.character(c("a", "b", "c",
"d", "e"))
> b <- as.character(c("d", "a", "c",
"e", "f", "b"))
>
> union(a,b)
[1] "a" "b" "c" "d" "e"
"f"
HTH,
Jorge
On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 10:31 PM, stephen sefick <> wrote:
> a <- as.character(c("a", "b", "c",
"d", "e"))
> b <- as.character(c("d", "a", "c",
"e", "f", "b"))
>
> How would I get a list of only the unique values of these two
> character vectors. I would like the output a b c d e f there is no
> reason to have these in order. I am looking at to character vectors
> of genes and I would like to know all of the unique genes from the two
> vectors. Thank you for all the help.
> regards,
>
> --
> Stephen Sefick
>
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