df$case <- apply(df,MARGIN = 1,function(v) { as.integer("A" %in% v) })
On Mon, Jul 29, 2019 at 9:02 PM Ana Marija <sokovic.anamar...@gmail.com> wrote: > sorry my bad, here is the edited version: > > so the data frame is this: > > df=data.frame( > eye_problemsdisorders_f6148_0_1=c("A","C","D",NA,"D","A","C",NA,"B","A"), > eye_problemsdisorders_f6148_0_2=c("B","C",NA,"A","C","B",NA,NA,"A","D"), > eye_problemsdisorders_f6148_0_3=c("C","A","D","D","B","A",NA,NA,"A","B"), > eye_problemsdisorders_f6148_0_4=c("D","D",NA,"B","A","C",NA,"C","A","B"), > eye_problemsdisorders_f6148_0_5=c("C","C",NA,"D","B","C",NA,"D","D","B") > > and I would need to put inside the column which would be named "case" and > values inside would be: 1,1,0,1,1,1,0,0,1,1 > > so "case" column is where value "A" can be found in any column. > > On Mon, Jul 29, 2019 at 12:53 PM Eric Berger <ericjber...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> You may have a typo/misstatement in your question. >> You define a data frame with 5 columns, each of which has 10 elements, so >> your data frame has dimensions 10 x 5. >> Then you request a new COLUMN which will have only 5 elements, which is >> not allowed. All columns of a data frame >> must have the same length. >> >> On Mon, Jul 29, 2019 at 8:42 PM Ana Marija <sokovic.anamar...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> I have data frame which looks like this: >>> >>> df=data.frame( >>> eye_problemsdisorders_f6148_0_1=c(A,C,D,NA,D,A,C,NA,B,A), >>> eye_problemsdisorders_f6148_0_2=c(B,C,NA,A,C,B,NA,NA,A,D), >>> eye_problemsdisorders_f6148_0_3=c(C,A,D,D,B,A,NA,NA,A,B), >>> eye_problemsdisorders_f6148_0_4=c(D,D,NA,B,A,C,NA,C,A,B), >>> eye_problemsdisorders_f6148_0_5=c(C,C,NA,D,B,C,NA,D,D,B)) >>> >>> In reality I have much more columns and they don't always match >>> "eye_problemsdisorders_f6148" this string, and there is much more rows. >>> >>> What I would like to do is create a new column, say named "case" where I >>> would have value "1" for every row where string "A" appears at least once >>> in any column, if not the value would be "0". So in the above example >>> column "case" would have these values: 1,1,1,1,0 >>> Thanks >>> Ana >>> >>> [[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. >>> >> [[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.