Hi > > I would appreciate help in knowing how to repeat categorical variable code > given in column=A, by the number in a matching column=B. > For example, I have a categorical variable code attributed to a household=A > and want to replicate the code for all member of the household, as given in > column=B. I would like to have one sequence of categorical variable codes > for individuals in column C. I have ~9000 values in A and my C will be > ~52000. > > E.g > (A) (B) (C) > 1 1 1 > 2 2 2 > 1 1 2 > 2 3 1 > 2 > 2 > 2 > > Any ideas would be gratefully accepted by a novice R user.
I am not sure if I understand your problem but does rep(A, B) give you what you want? rep(letters[1:3], 1:3) [1] "a" "b" "b" "c" "c" "c" Regards Petr > > Ric > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > 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. ______________________________________________ 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.
