HI, Try this: DF$Station[DF$number%in%c(1,7,11,16)]<-"V1" DF$Station[DF$number%in%c(4,14,20)]<-"V2" DF$Station[DF$number%in%c(3,17,19)]<-"V3" DF # number data Station #1 1 1 V1 #2 4 2 V2 #3 7 3 V1 #4 3 4 V3 #5 11 5 V1 #6 16 6 V1 #7 14 7 V2 #8 17 8 V3 #9 20 9 V2 #10 19 10 V3
#or if you have more replacement values, then: library(car) DF <- data.frame(number=c(1,4,7,3,11,16,14,17,20,19),data=c(1:10)) DF1<-DF1 DF1$Station<-recode(DF1$number,"c(1,7,11,16)='V1';c(4,14,20)='V2';c(3,17,19)='V3'") DF1 # number data Station #1 1 1 V1 #2 4 2 V2 #3 7 3 V1 #4 3 4 V3 #5 11 5 V1 #6 16 6 V1 #7 14 7 V2 #8 17 8 V3 #9 20 9 V2 #10 19 10 V3 A.K. ----- Original Message ----- From: jeff6868 <geoffrey_kl...@etu.u-bourgogne.fr> To: r-help@r-project.org Cc: Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 6:49 AM Subject: [R] create new column in a DF according to values from another column Hi everyone, I have a small problem in my R-code. Imagine this DF for example: DF <- data.frame(number=c(1,4,7,3,11,16,14,17,20,19),data=c(1:10)) I would like to add a new column "Station" in this DF. This new column must be automatically filled with: "V1" or "V2" or "V3". The choice must be done on the numbers (1st column). For example, I would like to have "V1" in the column "Station" in the rows where the numbers of the 1st column are: 1,7,11,16 ; then I would like to have "V2" in the rows where the numbers are: 4,14,20 and finally "V3" in the rows where the numbers are: 3,17,19. I'm trying with "if" and something like this, but it's not working yet: # For "V1": if(DF$number %in% c(1,7,11,16)) {test$Station=="V1"} # For "V2": ... So my final DF should look like this: FINALDF <- data.frame(number=c(1,4,7,3,11,16,14,17,20,19),data=c(1:10), Station=c("V1","V2","V1","V3","V1","V1","V2","V3","V2","V3")) Could someone help me to finish this? Thank you very much!!! -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/create-new-column-in-a-DF-according-to-values-from-another-column-tp4644217.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________ 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.