I have a data set (a) with three columns (X,Y,Z). The first 2 columns are numeric. The third (Z) is a factor with three levels A,B,C. I want to turn each A into a different random number between 1 and 4, each B into a different random number between 5 and 8, etc.
I tried this: a$Z<-ifelse(a$Z=="L",sample(1:4,1),ifelse(a$Z=="M",sample(5:9,1),ifelse(a$Z=="U",sample(10:12,1),"") and it almost worked but changed all the "A's" into the same random number. I need a different random number for each A. Ideas? Thanks, -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Converting-factors-to-bounded-random-numerical-data-tp4645801.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________ [email protected] 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.
