

rle {base}                                   R Documentation

_R_u_n _L_e_n_g_t_h _E_n_c_o_d_i_n_g

_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n_:

     Compute the lengths and values of runs of equal values
     in a vector.

_U_s_a_g_e_:

     rle(x)

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s_:

       x: a vector.

_V_a_l_u_e_:

     A list with components

 lengths: a vector containing the length of each run.

  values: a vector of the same length as `lengths' with the
          corresponding values.

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s_:

     x <- rev(rep(6:10, 1:5))
     rle(x)
     ## $lengths
     ## [1] 5 4 3 2 1
     ## $values
     ## [1] 10  9  8  7  6

