Dear Francesca, Is this what you want?
```r index <- c(406, 107, 207, 307, 407, 108, 208, 308, 408, 109, 209, 309, 409, 110, 210, 310, 410, 111, 211) p_m <- match( p_int$p_made, index) dim(p_m) <- c(dim(p_int)[1],1) ``` Best, Wush PhD Student Graduate Institute of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University 2014-11-10 20:14 GMT+08:00 Francesca <francesca.panco...@gmail.com>: > Dear Contributors > > I have a problem with a loop. > > I needed to create a variable that takes values 1,2.. to 19 corresponding > to the value of a variable in a data.frame whose name is p_int$p_made and > > which takes values from 406 to 211. > > The problem is that this values come ordered in the wrong way when I try to > compress the loop as the system reads > > > 107,111,207,211,311,406,407,408,409,410,411, > > > while they correspond to quarters-years so they should be ordered as > > > 406-107-207-307-407… > > the only solution I found was really silly. It is the following. > > > > > p_m<-matrix(0,dim(p_int)[1],1) > > for (i in 1:length(p_int$p_made)){ > > if (p_int$p_made[i]==406) p_m[i]<-1 else > > if (p_int$p_made[i]==107) p_m[i]<-2 else > > if (p_int$p_made[i]==207) p_m[i]<-3 else > > if (p_int$p_made[i]==307) p_m[i]<-4 else > > if (p_int$p_made[i]==407) p_m[i]<-5 else > > if (p_int$p_made[i]==108) p_m[i]<-6 else > > if (p_int$p_made[i]==208) p_m[i]<-7 else > > if (p_int$p_made[i]==308) p_m[i]<-8 else > > if (p_int$p_made[i]==408) p_m[i]<-9 else > > if (p_int$p_made[i]==109) p_m[i]<-10 else > > if (p_int$p_made[i]==209) p_m[i]<-11 else > > if (p_int$p_made[i]==309) p_m[i]<-12 else > > if (p_int$p_made[i]==409) p_m[i]<-13 else > > if (p_int$p_made[i]==110) p_m[i]<-14 else > > if (p_int$p_made[i]==210) p_m[i]<-15 else > > if (p_int$p_made[i]==310) p_m[i]<-16 else > > if (p_int$p_made[i]==410) p_m[i]<-17 else > > if (p_int$p_made[i]==111) p_m[i]<-18 > else > > if (p_int$p_made[i]==211) p_m[i]<-19 > > } > > Can anyone help to find something more efficient? > > > Thanks in advance. > > > Francesca > > -- > > Francesca > > ---------------------------------- > Francesca Pancotto > Associate Professor > University of Modena and Reggio Emilia > Viale A. Allegri, 9 > 40121 Reggio Emilia > Office: +39 0522 523264 > Web: https://sites.google.com/site/francescapancotto/ > ---------------------------------- > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ 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.