How to check if an item exists in a matrix in R?

Overview

To understand what a matrix is and how to create a matrix in R, click here.

If we want to check whether an item exists in a given matrix or not, we use the %in% operator.

Example

# creating a matrix
mymatrix <- matrix(c("apple", "banana", "cherry", "orange"), nrow = 2, ncol = 2)
# to check if banana exists in the matrix
"banana" %in% mymatrix

Explanation

We create a 2x2 matrix (a matrix with 2 rows and 2 columns) mymatrix. Using the %in% operator, we check if the element "banana" exists in the matrix or not. The output of the code TRUE means that the element can be found in the given matrix.

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