You can do for (i in 1:ncol(x)) {names <- rownames(x)[which(x[,i]==1)];eval(parse(text=paste("V",i,".ind<-names",sep="")));}
--- On Thu, 27/8/09, Steven Kang <stochastick...@gmail.com> wrote: > From: Steven Kang <stochastick...@gmail.com> > Subject: [R] Help on efficiency/vectorization > To: r-help@r-project.org > Received: Thursday, 27 August, 2009, 4:13 PM > Dear R users, > > I am trying to extract the rownames of a data set for which > each columns > meet a certain criteria. (condition - elements of each > column to be equal > 1) > > I have the correct result, however I am seeking for more > efficient (desire > vectorization) way in implementing such problem as it can > get quite messy if > there are hundreds of columns. > > Arbitrary data set and codes are shown below for your > reference: > > x <- as.data.frame(matrix(round(runif(50),0),nrow=5)) > > rownames(x) <- letters[1:dim(x)[1]] > > > x > V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 > a 0 1 1 > 1 0 0 > 0 0 1 0 > b 1 1 1 > 1 0 1 > 0 0 1 1 > c 0 1 1 > 0 0 0 > 0 0 0 1 > d 1 0 0 > 1 1 1 > 1 1 0 0 > e 1 0 0 > 0 0 1 > 1 0 1 0 > > V1.ind <- rownames(x)[x[,"V1"]==1] > V2.ind <- rownames(x)[x[,"V2"]==1] > V3.ind <- rownames(x)[x[,"V3"]==1] > V4.ind <- rownames(x)[x[,"V4"]==1] > : > : > V10.ind <- rownames(x)[x[,"V10"]==1] > > > V1.ind > [1] "b" "d" "e" > > V2.ind > [1] "a" "b" "c" > > V3.ind > [1] "a" "b" "c" > : > : > > V10.ind > [1] "b" "c" > > > > Your expertise in resolving this issue would be highly > appreciated. > > > Steve > > [[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. > ______________________________________________ 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.