How to create a sequence of values between two vectors in R using corresponding elements?


If we have two vectors say x and y, x contains 1, 6 and y contains 5,10 then the sequence of values between these two vectors will be 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. Here the sequence is created by using the corresponding elements in x and y. To do this in R, we can use mapply function as shown in the below examples.

Example

 Live Demo

x1<-c(1,21,51)
y1<-c(20,49,99)
mapply(":",x1,y1)

Output

[[1]]
[1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
[[2]]
[1] 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45
[26] 46 47 48 49
[[3]]
[1] 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75
[26] 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99

Example

 Live Demo

x2<-c(1,101,141)
y2<-c(100,140,200)
mapply(":",x2,y2)

Output

[[1]]
[1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
[19] 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
[37] 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54
[55] 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72
[73] 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90
[91] 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100
[[2]]
[1] 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119
[20] 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138
[39] 139 140
[[3]]
[1] 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159
[20] 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178
[39] 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197
[58] 198 199 200

Example

 Live Demo

x3<-c(0,51,201)
y3<-c(50,200,400)
mapply(":",x3,y3)

Output

[[1]]
[1] 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
[26] 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49
[51] 50
[[2]]
[1] 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68
[19] 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86
[37] 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104
[55] 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122
[73] 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140
[91] 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158
[109] 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176
[127] 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194
[145] 195 196 197 198 199 200
[[3]]
[1] 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218
[19] 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236
[37] 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254
[55] 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272
[73] 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290
[91] 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308
[109] 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326
[127] 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344
[145] 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360 361 362
[163] 363 364 365 366 367 368 369 370 371 372 373 374 375 376 377 378 379 380
[181] 381 382 383 384 385 386 387 388 389 390 391 392 393 394 395 396 397 398
[199] 399 400

Example

 Live Demo

x4<-c(0,41,121)
y4<-c(40,150,200)
mapply(":",x4,y4)

Output

[[1]]
[1] 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
[26] 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
[[2]]
[1] 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58
[19] 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76
[37] 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94
[55] 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112
[73] 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130
[91] 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148
[109] 149 150
[[3]]
[1] 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139
[20] 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158
[39] 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177
[58] 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196
[77] 197 198 199 200

Updated on: 06-Feb-2021

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