>>>>> "DW" == David Winsemius <dwinsem...@comcast.net>
>>>>> on Sat, 3 Oct 2009 12:56:51 -0400 writes:
DW> On Oct 3, 2009, at 11:54 AM, Chen Gu wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am doing a simple if else statement in R. But it always comes out
>> error
>> such as 'unexpected error'
>> There are two variables. ini and b. when ini=1, a=3; when ini>1 and
b> 2,
>> a=5; all other situations, a=6. I don't know where it is wrong.
>> Here is my code
>>
>> ini=3
>> b=4
DW> Your basic problem is that you are confusing if and else which are
DW> program control functions with ifelse which is designed for assignment
DW> purposes;
David, not quite: in R, "everything"(*) is a function,
and in the example we have here
(and innumerous similar examples) ifelse(.) is not efficient
to use:
>> ini=3
>> b=4
>> a <- ifelse( ini==1, 3, ifelse( ini>1 & b>2 , 5, 6))
>>
>> a
> [1] 5
More efficient -- and also nicer in my eyes ---
is
a <- if(ini == 1) 3 else if(ini > 1 && b > 2) 5 else 6
As I say on many occasions:
ifelse() is useful and nice, but it is used in many more
places than it should.... {BTW, not only because of examples like the above}.
Martin Maechler, ETH Zurich
----
(*) "almost"
>> if (ini==1) {
>> a=3
>> }
>> else if (ini>1 and b>2 ) {
DW> The error is probably being thrown because "and" is not a valid
DW> conjunction operator in R.
>> 1 and 1
DW> Error: syntax error
>> 1 & 1
DW> [1] TRUE
>> a=5
>> }
>> else {a=6}
>>
>> e.
DW> David Winsemius, MD
DW> Heritage Laboratories
DW> West Hartford, CT
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