Re: [R] recoding variables again :(

2013-01-30 Thread nalluri pratap
dat1$VARNEW<-rep("unknown",nrow(dat1)) dat1$VARNEW[dat1$RES_STA=="X" & dat1$BIRTHPLACE %in% c("AG","AI","AR","BE","ZH")]<-"swiss" --- On Wed, 30/1/13, arun wrote: From: arun Subject: Re: [R] recoding va

Re: [R] recoding variables again :(

2013-01-30 Thread arun
$RES_STA=="X" & dat1$BIRTHPLACE%in%c("AG","AI","AR","BE","ZH"),"swiss","unknown") A.K. - Original Message - From: David Studer To: r-help@r-project.org Cc: Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 4:42 AM Subject:

Re: [R] recoding variables again :(

2013-01-30 Thread Jorge I Velez
Hi David, Check ?"%in%" for a simpler approach. Regards, Jorge.- On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 8:42 PM, David Studer <> wrote: > Hello everybody! > > I have again a rather simple question concerning recoding of variables: > > I have a variable/data-frame column BIRTHPLACE containing abbreviations

[R] recoding variables again :(

2013-01-30 Thread David Studer
Hello everybody! I have again a rather simple question concerning recoding of variables: I have a variable/data-frame column BIRTHPLACE containing abbreviations of the 26 swiss counties (AG, AI, AR, BE, ZH, ... ) as well as international country codes (USA, GER, ESP, etc.) and another variable RE