[R] Classifying values in vector

[Sundar Dorai-Raj]

mark salsburg wrote:
> I have a vector of size 217 called "A".
> 
> the values of A are not sorted and range from 0 to 1 (normalized)
> 
> I am having difficulty writing a program to create a new vector "B" where
> 
> if A's value is 0< A <=0.333 then B is 0
> if A's value is 0.333< A <=0.666 then B is 1
> if A's value is 0.666< A <=1 then B is 2
> 
> so if A is
> 
> 0.22
> 0.999
> 0.444
> 0
> 
> B would be
> 
> 0
> 2
> 1
> 0
> 
> thank you,
> 

Didn't look closely at your example. If "A" can == zero then you need to 
include "include.lowest = TRUE" in your call to cut. This would mean 
your breaks are:

if A's value is 0 <= A <=0.333 then B is 0

which is different from what you have written above.


--sundar