maximum of identical elements in a vector

Hi,

the problem I have is seemingly very simple, but not simple enough for me to
figure out. I just want to find the most (or least) frequent element in the
vector.

a=c("Alice","Alice","Alice","Alice","Bob","Bob")
unique(a)
length(which(a=="Alice"))

a <- c("Alice","Alice","Alice","Alice","Bob","Bob")
tab <- table(a)
tab

which.max(tab)

tab[which.max(tab)]

unique(a) shows me that the elements in my vector are "Alice" and "Bob". The
latter expression gives 4 as the frequency of "Alice" in vector a.  
To find the maximum frequency of the unique elements, however, it assumes
that I know that "Alice" is the most (or least) frequent element. Therefore,
how can find that "Alice" is the most frequent element in this vector? I
assume there is an easier way than computationally intensive loops (for long
vectors).

Cheers,
Daniel

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cuncta stricte discussurus

Hi,

the problem I have is seemingly very simple, but not simple enough for me to
figure out. I just want to find the most (or least) frequent element in the
vector.

a=c("Alice","Alice","Alice","Alice","Bob","Bob")
unique(a)
length(which(a=="Alice"))


unique(a) shows me that the elements in my vector are "Alice" and "Bob". The
latter expression gives 4 as the frequency of "Alice" in vector a.  
To find the maximum frequency of the unique elements, however, it assumes
that I know that "Alice" is the most (or least) frequent element. Therefore,
how can find that "Alice" is the most frequent element in this vector? I
assume there is an easier way than computationally intensive loops (for long
vectors).

Cheers,
Daniel

-------------------------
cuncta stricte discussurus

Hi,

the problem I have is seemingly very simple, but not simple enough for 
me to figure out. I just want to find the most (or least) frequent 
element in the vector.

a=c("Alice","Alice","Alice","Alice","Bob","Bob")
unique(a)
length(which(a=="Alice"))


unique(a) shows me that the elements in my vector are "Alice" and 
"Bob". The latter expression gives 4 as the frequency of "Alice" in vector

To find the maximum frequency of the unique elements, however, it 
assumes that I know that "Alice" is the most (or least) frequent 
element. Therefore, how can find that "Alice" is the most frequent 
element in this vector? I assume there is an easier way than 
computationally intensive loops (for long vectors).

Cheers,
Daniel

-------------------------
cuncta stricte discussurus