Split continuous ages to age groups

Usage

ages(x, groups, char = FALSE)

Arguments

x: Array with numeric values of age
groups: Array with numeric values of lower boundaries of age groups
char: Logical. Should output array be numeric (FALSE) or character (Factor) array (TRUE)

Value

Array with classified ages

Examples

groups <- c(0,1,5,10,15,20, 24, 45, 85)
x <- sample(0:100, 101)
ages(x, groups, FALSE)
#>   [1] 85 45 24 45 45 45  1 20 45 45  1 45 45 24 85 85 85 24 45 24 45 45  1 45 24
#>  [26] 85  5 24 45 45  5 20  5 45 45 15 45 45 45 85  0  5 45 45 45 45 24 85 45 24
#>  [51]  5 24 85 45 15 24 45 10 24 85 85 20  1 24 85 45 45 45 45 85 24 45 24 24 24
#>  [76] 45 10 45 45 85 85 24 45 45 10 45 85 24 15 24 15 10 15 85 24 45 20 45 10 45
#> [101] 24