On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 11:11 AM, Rebecca Gray <atlas...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear all, > > I have what is a bit of a confusing question, so I hope that I can explain > clearly. Thank you for your help in advance. > > I would like to do a replacement procedure on several strings, but the way > that I am currently going about it is not working. > > I have defined "len", which is a series comprising the lengths of different > items, all preceded by a colon. > >> len > [1] ":328" ":154" ":135" > [4] ":147" ":30" ":50" > [7] ":252" ":45" ";" > > 'lenplustate" is a series that is comprised of an attribute of each item > preceding the colon, followed by the length (as defined in len). > >> lenplusstate > [1] "1:328" "1:154" "4:135" > [4] "NA:147" "3:30" "2:50" > [7] "NA:252" "NA:45" "NA;" > > "tree" is a string that gives the specific relationship (via parenthetical > notation) among the different items. Note that the lengths are included in > this tree (following the colon), and the name of each item (1-5) precedes a > colon. However, not every colon is preceded with a name (because there are > internal nodes in the tree structure). > >> tree > [1] "(*1*:328,((*5*:154,*2*:135):147,(*3*:30,*4*:50):252):45);" > > I would like to replace the length with the lengthplusstate in the tree, > while removing the names, so that it looks like this: > >> theoreticalnewtree > [1] "(*1*:328,((*1*:154,*4*:135)NA:147,(*3*:30,*2*:50)NA:252)NA:45);" >
I can help you, but what is the "name" of each item? I thought it was the index of the item in the len and lenplusstate variables, but that apparently is not the case. You have to specify the names as well. Peter ______________________________________________ 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.
