PS : use a single = instead of a double. It's an assignment you do, not a comparison. Cheers Joris
On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 2:14 PM, Joris Meys <jorism...@gmail.com> wrote: > R is confused about the type in the switch, reads it as numeric > instead of a character. Try : > temp1.name <- switch(temp1, > "1" = "aa", > "2" = "bb", > "3" = "cc", > "4" = "dd", > "5" = "ee") >> temp1.name > [1] "aa" > > cheers > Joris > > On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 12:36 PM, Megh Dal <megh700...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> Hi all, Here I am trying to implement the switch() function to choose value >> of a variable depending on the value of an input variable : >> >> temp1 <- "1" >> temp1.name <- switch(temp1, >> 1 == "aa", >> 2 == "bb", >> 3 == "cc", >> 4 == "dd", >> 5 == "ee") >> >> Goal is if "temp1" equals to 1, then value of temp1.name would be "aa". >> However I am getting following answer : >> >>> temp1 <- "1" >>> temp1.name <- switch(temp1, >> + 1 == "aa", >> + 2 == "bb", >> + 3 == "cc", >> + 4 == "dd", >> + 5 == "ee") >>> temp1.name >> [1] FALSE >> >> >> Can anyone please point me where I am doing wrong? >> >> Thanks, >> >> >> >> [[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. >> >> > > > > -- > Joris Meys > Statistical consultant > > Ghent University > Faculty of Bioscience Engineering > Department of Applied mathematics, biometrics and process control > > tel : +32 9 264 59 87 > joris.m...@ugent.be > ------------------------------- > Disclaimer : http://helpdesk.ugent.be/e-maildisclaimer.php > -- Joris Meys Statistical consultant Ghent University Faculty of Bioscience Engineering Department of Applied mathematics, biometrics and process control tel : +32 9 264 59 87 joris.m...@ugent.be ------------------------------- Disclaimer : http://helpdesk.ugent.be/e-maildisclaimer.php ______________________________________________ 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.
