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Select every other (nth) element from a vector

Source: R/every_other.R
every_other.Rd

Select every other (nth) element from a vector

Usage

every_other(x, n = 2, start = 1, fill = NULL)

Arguments

x

Vector to select (remove) elements from

n

Numeric value for the number of elements to skip. Default is 2, i.e. skips every second element

start

Numeric value to indicate which element of the vector to commence from.

fill

Character string to be used in place of skipped element. By default is NULL and hence skipped elements are removed rather than replaced.

Value

Vector with elements removed

Examples

every_other(x = letters)
#>  [1] "a" "c" "e" "g" "i" "k" "m" "o" "q" "s" "u" "w" "y"
every_other(LETTERS, n = 3, start = 6)
#> [1] "F" "I" "L" "O" "R" "U" "X"
every_other(x = letters, fill = "")
#>  [1] "a" ""  "c" ""  "e" ""  "g" ""  "i" ""  "k" ""  "m" ""  "o" ""  "q" ""  "s"
#> [20] ""  "u" ""  "w" ""  "y" ""