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Asked: 2026-06-14T21:57:35+00:00

I want to create an unique ID in R based on two columns of

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I want to create an unique ID in R based on two columns of latitude and longitude so that duplicated locations have the same cluster ID.

For example:

LAT        LONG    Cluster_ID
13.5330 -15.4180   1
13.5330 -15.4180   1
13.5330 -15.4180   1
13.5330 -15.4180   1
13.5330 -15.4170   2
13.5330 -15.4170   2
13.5330 -15.4170   2
13.5340 -14.9350   3
13.5340 -14.9350   3
13.5340 -15.9170   4
13.3670 -14.6190   5
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  1. Editorial Team

    Here’s one way using interaction.

    d <- read.table(text='LAT LONG
13.5330 -15.4180 
13.5330 -15.4180 
13.5330 -15.4180 
13.5330 -15.4180 
13.5330 -15.4170 
13.5330 -15.4170 
13.5330 -15.4170 
13.5340 -14.9350 
13.5340 -14.9350 
13.5340 -15.9170 
13.3670 -14.6190', header=TRUE)

d <- transform(d, Cluster_ID = as.numeric(interaction(LAT, LONG, drop=TRUE)))

#       LAT    LONG Cluster_ID
# 1  13.533 -15.418          2
# 2  13.533 -15.418          2
# 3  13.533 -15.418          2
# 4  13.533 -15.418          2
# 5  13.533 -15.417          3
# 6  13.533 -15.417          3
# 7  13.533 -15.417          3
# 8  13.534 -14.935          4
# 9  13.534 -14.935          4
# 10 13.534 -15.917          1
# 11 13.367 -14.619          5

    EDIT: Incorporated @Spacedman’s suggestion to supply drop=TRUE to interaction.

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