The “rep” Function in R

• Package: Base R (no specific package required)

• Purpose: Replicates values to create a vector or array.

• General Class: Data Transformation

• Required Argument(s):

• x: A vector or value to be replicated.

• times: An integer specifying the number of times to replicate each element in x.

• Notable Optional Arguments:

• each: An integer indicating how many consecutive times each element of x should be repeated before the next element is taken.

• length.out: An integer indicating the desired length of the result.

• Example:

• # Example data for using the rep function
  values <- c(1, 2, 3)
  
  # Replicate each value three times
  replicated_values <- rep(values, times = 3)
  
  # Display the result
  print(replicated_values)

• In this example, the rep function is used to replicate each element in the values vector three times, resulting in a new vector (replicated_values). The times argument specifies the number of replications. The rep function is useful for creating repeated patterns or expanding vectors.