Hi zubin,
Try also
tname = "VIX"
checkticker = c("VIX", "TYX", "TNX", "IRX")
is.element(tname, checkticker)
# [1] TRUE
HTH,
Jorge
On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 8:00 PM, zubin <binab...@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> Hello, writing some R code to cleanse a data set, if the following set of
> symbols are identified then perform some actions. trying to write the
> minimum code to do this.
>
> tname = "VIX"
> checkticker = c("VIX", "TYX", "TNX", "IRX")
>
> if (tname == checkticker) {
> //perform some operations
> }
>
> result i get is
>
> > tname == checkticker
> [1] TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE
>
> how do i evaluate this whole list to a single boolean True or False? If
> any of these are true the whole statement is True, else False. this only
> seems to work for the first ticker, the rest don't perform the operations
> within the loop.
>
>
> > tname = "IRX"
> > tname == checkticker
> [1] FALSE FALSE FALSE TRUE
>
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