in your assignment for t3 you use nt which is undefined. thus t.n$treatment is NAs
but: df<-data.frame(num=1:10,let=letters[1:10]) dat<-data.frame(let=sample(letters[1:10],20,replace=T)) dat$matched<-df$num[match(dat$let,df$let)] should get you started On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 7:56 AM, Janssen, K.J.M. < k.j.m.jans...@umcutrecht.nl> wrote: > Apologies, I wanted to make life easier by shortly describing my problem. > Indeed, it is better to post the full code. > I am not familiar with the dput, but I have pasted the code that I have > used below. > > > d <- matrix(NA,15,5) > d <- as.data.frame(d) > > colnames(d) <- c("studynumber","t1","t2","t[,1]","t[,2]") > > d$studynumber <- c(1:15) # add study numbers to select > studies in scenarios > d$t1 > <-c("car_pac","car_pac","cis_vin","car_pac","cis_doc","cis_gem","cis_gem","cis_vin","car_pac","car_doc","car_pac","car_pac","car_doc.pac","cis_vin","cis_iri") > d$t2 > <-c("gef","bev_car_pac","cet_cis_vin","gef","gef","bev_cis_gem","cis_pem","cet_cis_vin","car_gem_pac","car_pem","erl","cis_pac","cet_car_doc.pac","cis_doc","car_pac") > > # Link treatment to relating treatment number: make vector of all unique > treatment options > t1 <- duplicated(c(d$t1,d$t2)) # returns TRUE and False, implying that we > can need it so select > t2 <- c(d$t1,d$t2) # combine both vectors, as treatments can be both > reference as index treatment > t3 <- na.omit(ifelse(t1==FALSE,c(d$t1,d$t2),NA))[1:nt] # omit double > treatment > > #make dataset with first colomn all possible treatments, and second colomn > their respective numbers > t.n <- matrix(NA,17,2) # list possible treatments (here 17), and > link them to numbers > t.n <- as.data.frame(t.n) > colnames(t.n) <- c("treatment","numbers") > t.n$treatment <- t3 > t.n$numbers <- 1:17 > > # link treatments in d with treatment numbers in dataset t.n > > Here is where I aim to fill d$"t[,1]" and d$"t[,2]" with the corresrponding > numbers from t.n > > Thanks. > > Kristel > > > > > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: David Winsemius [mailto:dwinsem...@comcast.net] > Verzonden: zo 18-9-2011 15:20 > Aan: Janssen, K.J.M. > CC: michael.weyla...@gmail.com; r-help@r-project.org > Onderwerp: Re: [R] Replacing matching values by related values > > > On Sep 18, 2011, at 3:56 AM, Janssen, K.J.M. wrote: > > > Thanks Michael. > > I tested it and it works for numeric values, but not for the 'text' > > values that I am comparing, thus comparing "a" with "a","b", etc. > > Any advice how I can solve it? > > Solve what? You never posted full working code and an explicit > example. Unless there were actually objects named "a", "b", "c", etc. > in your workspace then the code that started out: v <- > c(f,a,e,d,m, .... would not have been meaningful except to hint at the > possibility that you might be comparing character vectors. I assumed > that d[,2] was actually letters[1:17] rather than what you wrote. It's > especially important to indicate whehte ryou have attached any objects. > > Post dput(head(d)) and dput(v) for the example part and include any > code use to construct them. > > -- > david. > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > > Van: R. Michael Weylandt <michael.weyla...@gmail.com> [mailto: > michael.weyla...@gmail.com > > ] > > Verzonden: zo 18-9-2011 2:27 > > Aan: Janssen, K.J.M. > > CC: <r-help@r-project.org> > > Onderwerp: Re: [R] Replacing matching values by related values > > > > Try playing with match(). Something like > > > > d[match(v,d[,1]),2] > > > > Should work (untested bc I'm writing from my phone though) > > > > Michael Weylandt > > > > On Sep 17, 2011, at 4:33 PM, "Janssen, K.J.M." < > k.j.m.jans...@umcutrecht.nl > > > wrote: > > > >> > >> I am trying to replace values of a vector (consisting of 15 values) > >> by a value that is related to a matching value in a dataset > >> (consisting of 17 rows). > >> Here's an example > >> The vector: > >> v <- c(f,a,e,d,m,o,e,f,i,n,e,i,b,a,o) > >> > >> The dataset's columns consist of the following values > >> d[,1] <- c(a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l,m,n,o,p,q) > >> d[,2] <- 1:17 > >> > >> So I want to end up with a vector that consists of the values of > >> the second colomn, when the value of the vector matches the value > >> of the first colomn. > >> Thus, I aim to end up with a vector with the following values > >> c(6,1,5,4,13,15,5,6,9,14,5,9,2,1,15) > >> > >> Help is appreciated! > >> > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> > >> De informatie opgenomen in dit bericht kan vertrouwelijk zijn en is > >> uitsluitend bestemd voor de geadresseerde. 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