I am hoping for some advice regarding another index problem. The code below is intended to assign a value of 'V' if values on certain variables are >= 1, assign a value of 'N' if values on certain variables are >= 1 on other variables and assign a 'O' if values on any variable which have a value <= 0.
The outcome of this code is to assign a single 'O'. Clearly I have made a mistake somewhere. pre_ <- new <- rep(0, nrow(reoffend)) > pre_ <- new[reoffend$pre01111 | reoffend$pre012 | reoffend$pre013>= 1] <-'V' > pre_ <- new[reoffend$pre02111>=1 | reoffend$pre02114>=1 | reoffend$pre2029>=1 | reoffend$pre0212>=1 | reoffend$pre0211>=1]<- 'V' > pre_ <- new[reoffend$pre03a >=1 | reoffend$pre0311 >=1 | reoffend$pre0312 >=1| reoffend$pre03 >= 1] <- 'V' > pre_ <- new[reoffend$pre04>=1 | reoffend$pre05 >=1 | reoffend$pre06 >=1] <- 'V' > pre_ <- new[reoffend$pre07 >=1 | reoffend$pre08 >=1 | reoffend$pre09 >=1| reoffend$pre10 >= 1 |reoffend$pre11 >=1 | reoffend$pre12 >=1 | reoffend$pre13 >=1| reoffend$pre14 >= 1 |reoffend$pre15 >=1| reoffend$pre16 >= 1 ] <- 'N' > pre_ <- new[reoffend$pre01111 | reoffend$pre012 | reoffend$pre013<=0] <-'O' > pre_ <- new[reoffend$pre02111<=0 | reoffend$pre02114<=0 | reoffend$pre2029<=0 | reoffend$pre0212<=0 | reoffend$pre0211 <=0] <-'O' > pre_ <- new[reoffend$pre03a | reoffend$pre0311 | reoffend$pre0312 | reoffend$pre03<=0] <- 'O' > pre_ <- new[reoffend$pre04 | reoffend$pre05 | reoffend$pre06<=0] <- 'O' > pre_ <- new[reoffend$pre07| reoffend$pre08 | reoffend$pre09 | reoffend$pre10 |reoffend$pre11 | reoffend$pre12 | reoffend$pre13 | reoffend$pre14 |reoffend$pre15 | reoffend$pre16<= 0 ] <- 'O' > Secondly, once this is resolved I was hoping to change the prefix "pre_)" to "mhc_", repeat this code and join the pre_ and mhc_ variables - so the new variable would have values such as 'VO" or 'NV' etc. I was hoping something like : total <- c(pre_ , mhc_) would do this or am I misguided. Any assistance is much appreciated, Bob Green ______________________________________________ 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.