| rle {base} | R Documentation |
Run Length Encoding
Description
Compute the lengths and values of runs of equal values in a vector.
Usage
rle(x)
Arguments
x |
a (numerical, logical or character) vector. |
Value
A list with components
lengths |
a vector containing the length of each run. |
values |
a vector of the same length as |
Examples
x <- rev(rep(6:10, 1:5))
rle(x)
## $lengths
## [1] 5 4 3 2 1
## $values
## [1] 10 9 8 7 6
z <- c(T,T,F,F,T,F,T,T,T)
rle(z)
rle(as.character(z))