makeUnique {limma} | R Documentation

## Make Values of Character Vector Unique

### Description

Paste characters on to values of a character vector to make them unique.

### Usage

    makeUnique(x)

### Arguments

`x` | object to be coerced to a character vector

### Details

Repeat values of `x` are labelled with suffixes "1", "2" etc.

### Value

A character vector of the same length as `x`

### Author(s)

Gordon Smyth

### See Also

`makeUnique` is called by `merge.RGList`. Compare with `make.unique` in the base package.

### Examples

    x <- c("a","a","b")
    makeUnique(x)

[Package limma version 2.8.1 Index]