Hi Adrian I'm not sure that you need to use the ifelse here. You can simply assign values ina vector or matrix using a simple condition -- here is a simple example:
v<-c(4,5,6,7) v1<-v v1[]<-0 v1[v<5]<--1 v1[v>6]<-1 v1 Nick > > On 22 May 2016 at 18:58 Adrian Johnson <oriolebaltim...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi group: > I am having difficulty with if else condition. I kindly request some help. > > I have a matrix k > > > k > C1 C2 C3 C4 > A 0.09902175 -0.1083887 0.2018689 -0.3546167 > B 1.60623838 -1.4167034 0.9076373 -0.3161138 > C -0.10433133 -1.7060911 -0.4030050 1.0153297 > D -2.91485614 2.9201895 -2.4771802 -2.6991517 > > I want to convert values > 1.5 to 1, < -1.5 to -1 and rest to 0; > > > k1 - desired output > C1 C2 C3 C4 > A 0 0 0 0 > B 1 0 0 0 > C 0 -1 0 0 > D -1 1 -1 -1 > > > I am trying with if else but cannot do it. I could only define one > condition. Could someone help how I can do this. I dont mean only if > else, but any other way. > > k = > structure(c(0.0990217544905328, 1.60623837694539, -0.104331330281166, > -2.91485614212114, -0.108388742328104, -1.41670341534772, > -1.70609114096417, > 2.92018951284015, 0.201868946570178, 0.907637296638577, > -0.403004972105994, > -2.47718015803221, -0.354616729237253, -0.316113789733413, > 1.01532974064126, > -2.69915170731852), .Dim = c(4L, 4L), .Dimnames = list(c("A", > "B", "C", "D"), c("C1", "C2", "C3", "C4"))) > > > > k1 <- t(apply(k, 1, function(x) ifelse(x > 1.5,1,-1))) > > > k1 > C1 C2 C3 C4 > A -1 -1 -1 -1 > B 1 -1 -1 -1 > C -1 -1 -1 -1 > D -1 1 -1 -1 > > > > Thanks > Adrian > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > 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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.