Dear R-gurus, Just supose I have a dara.frame that looks like
myDF<-read.table(stdin(),head=T,sep=",") codID,namesp,k1,k2,k3,k4 1,spA,2,5,6,3 2,spB,4,5,4,6 3,spC,2,1,5,6 4,spC,5,4,3,2 5,spD,1,2,3,4 6,spE,2,4,3,1 I need to update the columns k1-k4 with the namesp, but considering the math between Kx and codID. My desired output must looks like: codID,namesp,k1,k2,k3,k4 1,spA,spB,spD,spE,spC 2,spB,... 3,spC,... 4,spC,... 5,spD,... 6,spE,... Any help are welcome. cheers milton [[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.