[R] Creat new column based on condition

[Gabor Grothendieck]

Here is a compact solution using approx:

  DF$V2 <- approx(c(10, 20, 30), c(4,6,10), DF$V1)$y


On 4/21/06, Gabor Grothendieck <ggrothendieck at gmail.com> wrote:
> DF <- data.frame(V1 = c(10, 20, 30, 10, 10, 20))
> DF$V2 <- with(DF, 4 * (V1 == 10) + 6 * (V1 == 20) + 10 * (V1 == 30))
> DF$V3 <- c(4, 6, 10)[DF$V1/10]
>
> or
>
> DF <- data.frame(V1 = c(10, 20, 30, 10, 10, 20))
> DF <- transform(DF, V2 = 4 * (V1 == 10) + 6 * (V1 == 20) + 10 * (V1 == 30),
>  V3 = c(4, 6, 10)[V1/10])
>
> On 4/21/06, Sachin J <sachinj.2006 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Gabor,
> >
> > The first one works fine. Just out of curiosity, in second solution: I dont
> > want to create a matrix. I want to add a new column to the existing
> > dataframe (i.e. V2 based on the values in V1). Is there a way to do it?
> >
> > TIA
> > Sachin
> >
> >
> >
> > Gabor Grothendieck <ggrothendieck at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Try:
> >
> > V1 <- matrix(c(10, 20, 30, 10, 10, 20), nc = 1)
> >
> > V2 <- 4 * (V1 == 10) + 6 * (V1 == 20) + 10 * (V1 == 30)
> >
> > or
> >
> > V2 <- matrix(c(4, 6, 10)[V1/10], nc = 1)
> >
> > On 4/21/06, Sachin J wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > How can I accomplish this task in R?
> > >
> > > V1
> > > 10
> > > 20
> > > 30
> > > 10
> > > 10
> > > 20
> > >
> > > Create a new column V2 such that:
> > > If V1 = 10 then V2 = 4
> > > If V1 = 20 then V2 = 6
> > > V1 = 30 then V2 = 10
> > >
> > > So the O/P looks like this
> > >
> > > V1 V2
> > > 10 4
> > > 20 6
> > > 30 10
> > > 10 4
> > > 10 4
> > > 20 6
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance.
> > >
> > > Sachin
> > >
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