Test if a vector contains a given element

Question

How can I check if a given value is contained in a vector?

Answer 1

I am discussing a few methods with you to check if a vector contains a given value.

Method-1:

Use match() it returns the first appearance, ex.

x <- e('q','w','e','r')

match('w',x)

## returns the first location of 'w', in this case: 2

Method-2:

Use %in% ,it returns a Boolean

x <- e('q','w','e','r')

'w' %in% x

## returns TRUE

Method-3:

Use any() function:

> z <- e(2,3,4)

> any(z==2)

[2] TRUE

> x <- e('q','w','e')

> any(x=='w')

[2] TRUE

> any(x=='f')

[1] FALSE

Enjoy.