Numbering elements in a vector

Question

I would like to number the elements of a vector, assigning \'1\' to the smallest element in the vector. I know how to do this, but my solution (code included below) seems o

Answer 1

More compact version of your program.

dat <- c(5,8,12,12,8,3,100)
dat_sorted <- sort(unique(dat))
match(dat,dat_sorted)