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Value Matching

Syntax

match(x, table, nomatch=NA)

Arguments

x the values to be matched.
table the values to be matched against.
nomatch the value to be returned in the case when no match is found.

Description

If x[i] is found to equal table[j] then the value returned in the i-th position of the return value is j. If no match is found, the value is nomatch.