R/select_elements_from_vector_as_given_by_integer_vector.R

In msxakk89/dat: Data Analyst Toolkit (dat): a library of tools for data analysts and scientists

#' Select members of vector and produce new selected vector
#' 
#' @param vector_to_select_from A vector of any kinf from which we want to select
#' @param vector_specifying_the_selection An integer vector specifying the selection process
#' @return A selected vector of the same type as 'vector_to_select_from'
#' @export 


select_elements_from_vector_as_given_by_integer_vector = function(vector_to_select_from,vector_specifying_the_selection){
  o = c()
  for(i in 1:length(vector_specifying_the_selection)){
    o = c(o, vector_to_select_from[vector_specifying_the_selection[i]])
  }
  return(o)
}