Re: [R] Error in if loop

2007-10-21 Thread Mark Wardle
No. Think of "if" only as a means to control program flow. Use ifelse to use conditional logic on each item of a vector Best wishes, Mark On 21/10/2007, stat stat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Mark, > > Thanks for this. Can you please explain me what is the difference between > ifelse and

Re: [R] Error in if loop

2007-10-21 Thread stat stat
Dear Mark, Thanks for this. Can you please explain me what is the difference between ifelse and if? generally if there is more than one syntax within the 'if' I use 'if' loop otherwise I use 'ifelse' loop. Is it the only difference between them? Mark Wardle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 21/10/

Re: [R] Error in if loop

2007-10-21 Thread Mark Wardle
On 21/10/2007, stat stat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have created a if loop as follows: > > name = "e" > if (name == "v") > { >u = 0 > } > else u = 1 > > however i am getting error : Error: unexpected 'else' in "else" There are 3 issues here: 1. Do you appreciate the difference between i