Hi David, Check
?"%in%" for a simpler approach. Regards, Jorge.- On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 8:42 PM, David Studer <> wrote: > Hello everybody! > > I have again a rather simple question concerning recoding of variables: > > I have a variable/data-frame column BIRTHPLACE containing abbreviations of > the 26 swiss counties (AG, AI, AR, BE, ZH, ... ) > as well as international country codes (USA, GER, ESP, etc.) and another > variable RES_STA indicating the > residence status (A, B, C, X, Y) > > My goal is now to create a new variable VARNEW under the following > conditions: > > - should be the RESIDENCE_STATUS > - except: > - if RESIDENCE_STATUS is X and at the same time BIRTHPLACE is one of > the 26 > swiss counties then it should be "swiss" > - otherweise it should be "unknown" > > > I have already tried the following code: > mydata$VARNEW<-mydata$RESIDENCE_STATUS # setting VARNEW as > RESIDENCE_STATUS > > idx<-(mydata$RESIDENCE_STATUS=="X" && !( # TRUE: unknown; FALSE: > swiss > mydata$BIRTHPLACE=="AG" | > mydata$BIRTHPLACE=="BE" | > mydata$BIRTHPLACE=="AR" > ... > ) > ) > > and then? > > Thank you for any help! > > David > > [[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. > [[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.
