That is really quite clever!
-----Original Message----- From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] On Behalf Of Timothy Bates Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 6:03 AM To: Jim Maas Cc: r-help@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] constrain min and max of output this works x=1; y=-100; z = min(5, max(1, x+y)); z On 25 Oct 2011, at 1:46 PM, Jim Maas wrote: > Hello, > > Is there a simple way/function to constrain the minimum and maximum value of > an output from an assignment? > > if I have > > z <- x +y > > but I want z to always be between 1 and 5, such that z=5 if (x+y >= 5) and > z=1 if (x+y <= 1). > > I know it sounds simple, I can do it with "if" statements but just wondered > if there is a simpler way? > > Thanks a bunch, > > J > > ---------------------- > > Jim Maas > University of East Anglia > > ______________________________________________ > 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. ______________________________________________ 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. ______________________________________________ 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.
