[R] How to compare X1 = X2 = ... = Xn?

[F Duan]

Thanks for all your quick answers.

That's exactly what I want.

Best, 

Frank

-----Original Message-----
From: Berton Gunter [mailto:gunter.berton at gene.com] 
Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 14:32
To: F Duan; R-Help
Subject: Re: [R] How to compare X1 = X2 = ... = Xn?

How about:


X<-as.matrix(yourframe)
apply(X,2, '==',X[,1])%*%rep(1,ncol(X)) == ncol(x)

avoiding the rowwise apply overhead?

Cheers,

Bert Gunter

Non-Clinical Biostatistics
Genentech
MS: 240B
Phone: 650-467-7374


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F Duan wrote:

> Dear All,
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> I have a data frame with n columns: X1, X2, ., Xn. Now I want to create a
> new column: if X1 = X2 = . = Xn, the value is 1; Otherwise, the value is
0.
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> How to do that in a quick way instead of doing (n choose 2) comparisons?
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> Thank you,
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> Frank
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