Hi Simon, How about this? library(plotrix) revlist<-grep("i",names(df),fixed=TRUE) df[,revlist]<-sapply(df[,revlist],rescale,c(3,1))
Jim On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 6:30 AM, Simon Kiss <sjk...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi there: I have a list of data frames with identical variable names. > I’d like to reverse scale the same variables in each data.frame. > I’d appreciate any one’s suggestions as to how to accomplish this. Right > now, I’m working with the code at the very bottom of my sample data. > Thanks, Simon Kiss > > #Create data.frame1 > df<-data.frame( > ivar1=sample(c(1,2,3), replace=TRUE, size=100), > ivar2=sample(c(1,2,3), replace=TRUE, size=100), > hvar1=sample(c(1,2,3), replace=TRUE, size=100), > hvar2=sample(c(1,2,3), replace=TRUE, size=100), > evar1=sample(c(1,2,3), replace=TRUE, size=100), > evar2=sample(c(1,2,3), replace=TRUE, size=100) > ) > > #data.frame2 > df1<-data.frame( > ivar1=sample(c(1,2,3), replace=TRUE, size=100), > ivar2=sample(c(1,2,3), replace=TRUE, size=100), > hvar1=sample(c(1,2,3), replace=TRUE, size=100), > hvar2=sample(c(1,2,3), replace=TRUE, size=100), > evar1=sample(c(1,2,3), replace=TRUE, size=100), > evar2=sample(c(1,2,3), replace=TRUE, size=100) > ) > > #List > list1<-list(df, df1) > #vector of first variables I’d like to recode > i.recodes<-grep('^i.', names(df), value=TRUE) > #Vector of second variables to recode > e.recodes<-grep('^e.', names(df), value=TRUE) > > #Set up RESCALE function from RPMG package > RESCALE <- function (x, nx1, nx2, minx, maxx) > { nx = nx1 + (nx2 - nx1) * (x - minx)/(maxx - minx) > return(nx) > } > > #This is what I’m playing around with > test<-lapply(list1, function(y) { > out<-y[,i.recodes] > out<-lapply(out, function(x) RESCALE(x, 0,1,1,6)) > y[,names(x)]<-out > }) > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > 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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.