Hey, Try the following code:
a=c(1,2,3,4,5) b=c(10,20,30,40,50) c=c(100,200,300,400,500) d=c(1000,8210,9000,8310, 7000) e=c(5555,6666,9190,7777,3333) to.replace=c(8210,8310,9190) df = data.frame(a,b,c,d,e) xdf <- apply(df, 2, function(x) x %in% to.replace) df[xdf] <- "others" -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/replace-certain-elements-in-data-frame-tp3470629p3470905.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
