Hi As matrix is vector with dim attribute
mymat<-ifelse(mymat==0, "A","P") should be sufficient. Even with data frame it works mydf<-data.frame(mymat) mydf<-ifelse(mydf==0, "A","P") mydf X1 X2 X3 [1,] "P" "P" "A" [2,] "A" "A" "A" [3,] "A" "A" "P" [4,] "A" "A" "P" [5,] "P" "P" "P" Regards Petr r-help-boun...@r-project.org napsal dne 18.08.2009 13:58:51: > On 8/17/2009 10:22 AM, Lana Schaffer wrote: > > Hi, > > Can someone suggest an efficient way to substitute a vector/matrix > > which contains 1's and 0's to P's and A's (resp.)? > > Thanks, > > Lana > > Here is one approach: > > mymat <- matrix(rbinom(15, 1, .5), ncol=3) > > mymat > [,1] [,2] [,3] > [1,] 1 0 0 > [2,] 0 0 1 > [3,] 1 0 1 > [4,] 0 1 0 > [5,] 1 1 0 > > mymat[] <- sapply(mymat, function(x){ifelse(x == 1, 'P', ifelse(x == 0, > 'A', NA))}) > > mymat > [,1] [,2] [,3] > [1,] "P" "A" "A" > [2,] "A" "A" "P" > [3,] "P" "A" "P" > [4,] "A" "P" "A" > [5,] "P" "P" "A" > > > ______________________________________________ > > 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. > > -- > Chuck Cleland, Ph.D. > NDRI, Inc. (www.ndri.org) > 71 West 23rd Street, 8th floor > New York, NY 10010 > tel: (212) 845-4495 (Tu, Th) > tel: (732) 512-0171 (M, W, F) > fax: (917) 438-0894 > > ______________________________________________ > 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.