Thank you Rolf and Bert! I found the problem and this
if(country="USA" & year-month = "FEB2015" | "FEB2012" ){ has be changed to this if(country="USA" & year-month == "FEB2015" | year-month == "FEB2012" ){ On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 8:45 PM, Bert Gunter <bgunter.4...@gmail.com> wrote: > I note that you have "Year-month" (capital 'Y') and "year-month" in > your code; case matters in R. > > Otherwise, Rolf's advice applies. > > Cheers, > Bert > > Bert Gunter > > "The trouble with having an open mind is that people keep coming along > and sticking things into it." > -- Opus (aka Berkeley Breathed in his "Bloom County" comic strip ) > > > On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 6:16 PM, Rolf Turner <r.tur...@auckland.ac.nz> > wrote: > > On 28/02/17 14:47, Val wrote: > >> > >> Currently I have about six or more scripts that do the same job. I > >> thought it might be possible and more efficient to use one script by > using > >> IF ELSE statements. Here is an example but this will be expandable for > >> several countries ans year-months > >> > >> > >> Year-month = FEB2015, FEB2012, Feb2010 > >> country = USA, CAN.MEX > >> First I want to do if country = USA and year-month = FEB2015, FEB2012 do > >> the statements > >> second if country = CAN and year-month =Feb2010 do the statements > >> > >> > >> if(country="USA" & year-month = "FEB2015" | "FEB2012" ){ > >> statemnt1 > >> . > >> statemnt10 > >> > >> } else if (country="USA" & year-month ="FEB2015") { > >> statemnt1 > >> . > >> statemnt10 > >> } > >> > >> else > >> { > >> statemnt1 > >> . > >> statemnt10 > >> } > >> > >> The above script did not work. is there a different ways of doing it? > > > > > > Uh, yes. Get the syntax right. Use R, when you are using R. > > > > Looking at ?Syntax and ?Logic might help you a bit. > > > > Other than that, there's not much that one can say without seeing a > > reproducible example. And if you sat down and wrote out a *reproducible > > example*, using correct R syntax, you probably wouldn't need any > assistance > > from R-help. > > > > Have you read any of the readily available R tutorials? If not do so. If > > so, read them again and actually take note of what they say! > > > > cheers, > > > > Rolf Turner > > > > -- > > Technical Editor ANZJS > > Department of Statistics > > University of Auckland > > Phone: +64-9-373-7599 ext. 88276 > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > 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.