[R] Multiple IF statements - is there a better alternative?

[Brahm, David]

Glen Jones <Glen.Jones at team.telstra.com> wrote:
> if (InternalMean == 0)
>     Intresult = 1
> if (InternalMean > 0 & InternalMean < 1)
>     Intresult = .95
> [etc.]

This looks like a job for "cut":

R> i <- cut(InternalMean, c(-Inf,0,1,2,4,9,Inf), labels=F)
R> Intresult <- c(1,.95,.85,.70,.50,0)[i]

-- David Brahm (brahm at alum.mit.edu)