Use ifelse: sciach$dummyba <- ifelse(sciach$ba == 0, 2, 1)
On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 2:37 PM, David Kaplan <dkap...@education.wisc.edu> wrote: > Greetings, > > I am recoding a dummy variable (coded 1,0) so that 0 = 2. I am using the > line > > sciach$dummyba[sciach$ba==0] <- 2 > > I notice that it creates a new column dummyba, with 0 coded as 2 but with > 1's now coded as NA. Is there a simple way around this in the line I am > using, or do I need to have an additional line > > sciach$dummyba[sciach$ba==1] <- 1 > > Thanks in advance. > > > David > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > -- Henrique Dallazuanna Curitiba-Paraná-Brasil 25° 25' 40" S 49° 16' 22" O ______________________________________________ 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.