Both of the approx functions work correctly individually, but they are not being distinguished in the for loop by the if statments. Any help would be appreciated. for loop of interest is below
x <- (structure(list(Site = structure(c(2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L), .Label = c("Big_Muddy_Creek_Main_Stem", "Field_Branch_Main_Stem", "Flat_Creek_Main_Stem", "Jennie_Creek_Main_Stem", "Juniper_Creek_Main_Stem", "Little_Rockfish_Main_Stem_North", "Wolf_Pit_Creek_Main_Stem"), class = "factor"), Base = structure(c(1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L), .Label = "ftbr", class = "factor"), Creek = structure(c(2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L), .Label = c("bmcm", "fbms", "fcms", "jcms", "jpms", "lrf1", "wpms"), class = "factor"), Date = structure(c(2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L), .Label = c("2009-09-05", "2009-09-06", "2009-09-07", "2009-09-12", "2009-09-13", "2009-09-14" ), class = "factor"), elevation_m = c(77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77, 77), x = c(655608L, 655608L, 655608L, 655608L, 655608L, 655608L, 655608L, 655608L, 655608L, 655608L, 655608L, 655608L, 655608L, 655608L, 655608L, 655608L, 655608L, 655608L, 655608L, 655608L, 655608L, 655608L, 655608L, 655608L, 655608L, 655608L, 655608L, 655608L, 655608L, 655608L, 655608L, 655608L, 655608L, 655608L, 655608L, 655608L, 655608L, 655608L, 655608L, 655608L, 655608L, 655608L, 655608L, 655608L, 655608L, 655608L, 655608L, 655608L, 655608L, 655608L, 655608L, 655608L, 655608L, 655608L, 655608L, 655608L, 655608L, 655608L, 655608L, 655608L, 655608L, 655608L, 655608L, 655608L, 655608L, 655608L, 655608L, 655608L, 655608L, 655608L, 655608L, 655608L, 655608L, 655608L, 655608L, 655608L, 655608L, 655608L, 655608L, 655608L, 655608L, 655608L, 655608L), y = c(3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L, 3881598L), station = c(1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 6L, 5L, 5L, 5L, 5L, 5L, 5L, 5L, 5L, 5L, 5L, 5L, 5L, 5L, 5L, 5L, 5L, 5L, 5L, 5L, 5L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 1L, 1L, 1L), bankfull_measurement_interval_m = c(0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2), bankfull_depth_right = c(0.18, 0.18, 0.18, 0.18, 0.18, 0.18, 0.18, 0.18, 0.18, 0.18, 0.18, 0.18, 0.18, 0.18, 0.18, 0.18, 0.18, 0.18, 0.18, 0.18, 0.18, 0.02, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0.21, 0.21, 0.21, 0.21, 0.21, 0.21, 0.21, 0.21, 0.21, 0.21, 0.21, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0.18, 0.18, 0.18), bankfull_depth_left = c(0.08, 0.08, 0.08, 0.08, 0.08, 0.08, 0.08, 0.08, 0.08, 0.08, 0.08, 0.08, 0.08, 0.08, 0.08, 0.08, 0.08, 0.08, 0.08, 0.08, 0.08, 0.21, 0.06, 0.06, 0.06, 0.06, 0.06, 0.06, 0.06, 0.06, 0.06, 0.06, 0.06, 0.06, 0.06, 0.06, 0.06, 0.06, 0.06, 0.06, 0.06, 0.06, 0.04, 0.04, 0.04, 0.04, 0.04, 0.04, 0.04, 0.04, 0.04, 0.04, 0.04, 0.09, 0.09, 0.09, 0.09, 0.09, 0.09, 0.09, 0.09, 0.09, 0.09, 0.09, 0.09, 0.09, 0.09, 0.09, 0.09, 0.09, 0.09, 0.09, 0.09, 0.09, 0.09, 0.09, 0.09, 0.09, 0.09, 0.09, 0.08, 0.08, 0.08), bankfull_width_m = c(4.04, 4.04, 4.04, 4.04, 4.04, 4.04, 4.04, 4.04, 4.04, 4.04, 4.04, 4.04, 4.04, 4.04, 4.04, 4.04, 4.04, 4.04, 4.04, 4.04, 4.04, 3.9, 3.78, 3.78, 3.78, 3.78, 3.78, 3.78, 3.78, 3.78, 3.78, 3.78, 3.78, 3.78, 3.78, 3.78, 3.78, 3.78, 3.78, 3.78, 3.78, 3.78, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3.23, 3.23, 3.23, 3.23, 3.23, 3.23, 3.23, 3.23, 3.23, 3.23, 3.23, 3.23, 3.23, 3.23, 3.23, 2.1, 2.1, 2.1, 2.1, 2.1, 2.1, 2.1, 2.1, 2.1, 2.1, 2.1, 2.1, 4.04, 4.04, 4.04), wetted_width_m = c(2.24, 2.24, 2.24, 2.24, 2.24, 2.24, 2.24, 2.24, 2.24, 2.24, 2.24, 2.24, 2.24, 2.24, 2.24, 2.24, 2.24, 2.24, 2.24, 2.24, 2.24, 2.1, 2.35, 2.35, 2.35, 2.35, 2.35, 2.35, 2.35, 2.35, 2.35, 2.35, 2.35, 2.35, 2.35, 2.35, 2.35, 2.35, 2.35, 2.35, 2.35, 2.35, 1.2, 1.2, 1.2, 1.2, 1.2, 1.2, 1.2, 1.2, 1.2, 1.2, 1.2, 2.3, 2.3, 2.3, 2.3, 2.3, 2.3, 2.3, 2.3, 2.3, 2.3, 2.3, 2.3, 2.3, 2.3, 2.3, 1.6, 1.6, 1.6, 1.6, 1.6, 1.6, 1.6, 1.6, 1.6, 1.6, 1.6, 1.6, 2.24, 2.24, 2.24), bankfull_correction_m = c(0.18, 0.18, 0.18, 0.18, 0.18, 0.18, 0.18, 0.18, 0.18, 0.18, 0.18, 0.18, 0.18, 0.18, 0.18, 0.18, 0.18, 0.18, 0.18, 0.18, 0.18, 0.21, 0.06, 0.06, 0.06, 0.06, 0.06, 0.06, 0.06, 0.06, 0.06, 0.06, 0.06, 0.06, 0.06, 0.06, 0.06, 0.06, 0.06, 0.06, 0.06, 0.06, 0.21, 0.21, 0.21, 0.21, 0.21, 0.21, 0.21, 0.21, 0.21, 0.21, 0.21, 0.09, 0.09, 0.09, 0.09, 0.09, 0.09, 0.09, 0.09, 0.09, 0.09, 0.09, 0.09, 0.09, 0.09, 0.09, 0.09, 0.09, 0.09, 0.09, 0.09, 0.09, 0.09, 0.09, 0.09, 0.09, 0.09, 0.09, 0.18, 0.18, 0.18), measurment_num = c(1L, 2L, 3L, 4L, 5L, 6L, 7L, 8L, 9L, 10L, 11L, 12L, 13L, 14L, 15L, 16L, 17L, 18L, 19L, 20L, 21L, 1L, 20L, 19L, 18L, 17L, 16L, 15L, 14L, 13L, 12L, 11L, 10L, 9L, 8L, 7L, 6L, 5L, 4L, 3L, 2L, 1L, 11L, 10L, 9L, 8L, 7L, 6L, 5L, 4L, 3L, 2L, 1L, 15L, 14L, 13L, 12L, 11L, 10L, 9L, 8L, 7L, 6L, 5L, 4L, 3L, 2L, 1L, 12L, 11L, 10L, 9L, 8L, 7L, 6L, 5L, 4L, 3L, 2L, 1L, 21L, 20L, 19L), bankfull_depths_m = c(0, 0.02, 0.1, 0.52, 0.56, 0.61, 0.63, 0.67, 0.68, 0.72, 0.74, 0.73, 0.74, 0.7, 0.7, 0.63, 0.22, 0.13, 0.09, 0.02, -0.1, -0.19, 0, -0.01, 0.08, 0.24, 0.97, 1, 1.04, 1.11, 1.12, 1.14, 1.14, 1.14, 1.09, 1.11, 1.08, 1.04, 0.44, 0.28, 0.07, -0.06, -0.17, -0.13, -0.04, 0.76, 0.78, 0.79, 0.83, 0.83, 0.81, 0.09, 0, 0, 0.03, 0.21, 0.77, 0.85, 0.87, 0.92, 0.93, 0.91, 0.91, 0.88, 0.89, 0.85, 0.06, -0.09, 0, 0.01, 0.7, 0.74, 0.71, 0.72, 0.72, 0.73, 0.68, 0.6, 0.03, -0.09, -0.1, 0.02, 0.09), water_surface_m = c(NA, NA, NA, NA, 0.05, 0.13, 0.13, 0.18, 0.2, 0.22, 0.22, 0.22, 0.22, 0.16, 0.14, 0.05, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, 0.02, 0.08, 0.12, 0.18, 0.2, 0.22, 0.21, 0.21, 0.16, 0.15, 0.14, 0.09, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, 0.23, 0.24, 0.24, 0.29, 0.29, 0.27, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, 0.08, 0.18, 0.19, 0.23, 0.24, 0.22, 0.23, 0.21, 0.2, 0.17, NA, NA, NA, NA, 0.3, 0.33, 0.32, 0.35, 0.34, 0.34, 0.3, 0.2, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA), X = structure(c(1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 5L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L), .Label = c("", "changed from 1.2 to 1.02", "changed from 1.4 to 1.04", "changed from 1.6 to 1.06", "marked as no bankfull correction-I don't know if this is correct" ), class = "factor"), measurment_num_m = c(0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, 1, 1.2, 1.4, 1.6, 1.8, 2, 2.2, 2.4, 2.6, 2.8, 3, 3.2, 3.4, 3.6, 3.8, 4, 0, 3.8, 3.6, 3.4, 3.2, 3, 2.8, 2.6, 2.4, 2.2, 2, 1.8, 1.6, 1.4, 1.2, 1, 0.8, 0.6, 0.4, 0.2, 0, 2, 1.8, 1.6, 1.4, 1.2, 1, 0.8, 0.6, 0.4, 0.2, 0, 2.8, 2.6, 2.4, 2.2, 2, 1.8, 1.6, 1.4, 1.2, 1, 0.8, 0.6, 0.4, 0.2, 0, 2.2, 2, 1.8, 1.6, 1.4, 1.2, 1, 0.8, 0.6, 0.4, 0.2, 0, 4, 3.8, 3.6)), .Names = c("Site", "Base", "Creek", "Date", "elevation_m", "x", "y", "station", "bankfull_measurement_interval_m", "bankfull_depth_right", "bankfull_depth_left", "bankfull_width_m", "wetted_width_m", "bankfull_correction_m", "measurment_num", "bankfull_depths_m", "water_surface_m", "X", "measurment_num_m" ), row.names = c("463", "464", "465", "466", "467", "468", "469", "470", "471", "472", "473", "474", "475", "476", "477", "478", "479", "480", "481", "482", "483", "542", "541", "540", "539", "538", "537", "536", "535", "534", "533", "532", "531", "530", "529", "528", "527", "526", "525", "524", "523", "522", "521", "520", "519", "518", "517", "516", "515", "514", "513", "512", "511", "510", "509", "508", "507", "506", "505", "504", "503", "502", "501", "500", "499", "498", "497", "496", "495", "494", "493", "492", "491", "490", "489", "488", "487", "486", "485", "484", "483.1", "482.1", "481.1"), class = "data.frame")) g <- vector() for(i in 1:2){ x <- subset(x, Creek=="fbms" & station==i) if(x[1,"bankfull_correction_m"]>0){ y.x <- approxfun(x=x$bankfull_depths_m[7:length(x$bankfull_depths_m)], y=x$measurment_num_m[7:length(x$bankfull_depths_m)]) g[i] <- y.x(0) }else if(x[1,"bankfull_correction_m"]<0){ y.x <- approxfun(x=x$bankfull_depths_m[1:5], y=x$measurment_num_m[1:5]) g[i] <- y.x(0) } } -- Stephen Sefick Let's not spend our time and resources thinking about things that are so little or so large that all they really do for us is puff us up and make us feel like gods. We are mammals, and have not exhausted the annoying little problems of being mammals. -K. Mullis ______________________________________________ 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.