> -----Original Message----- > From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces@r- > project.org] On Behalf Of Jeff > Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2012 5:26 PM > To: r-help > Subject: [R] ifelse help > > > I'm sure this is easy, but I'm new to R and can't find any example of > the following. > > Here's what I'm trying to do in pseudo-code. > > data$newvar <- ifelse(data$oldvar1 == 8, 1,data$oldvar2) > > In other words, if the existing variable equals 8, then the new > variable should equal 1, otherwise the new variable should equal the > value of another existing variable. > > I've tried to follow the examples given on the web and in the R > manuals, and each time I get errors or unexpected values. > > Thanks > > Jeff >
Rather than tell us that you tried some examples and they didn't work, show us what you tried (i.e. a reproducible example as requested in the posting guide) so that we can play along at home. :-) Dan Daniel J. Nordlund Washington State Department of Social and Health Services Planning, Performance, and Accountability Research and Data Analysis Division Olympia, WA 98504-5204 ______________________________________________ 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.
