> The reason R is powerful is becasue it can handle large vectors without
each
> element being manipulated? Please let me know where I am wrong.
>
> for(i in 1:length(news1o)){
> + if(news1o[i]>s2o[i])
> + s[i]<-1
> + else
> + s[i]<--1
> + }
You might give ifelse() a shot here.
s <- ifelse(news1o > s2o, 1, -1)
Learning to think in vectors is important in R, just like thinking in sets
is important for SQL, or thinking in rows and steps is important in SAS.
cur
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