[R] Switch Help

[Alain Guillet]

I believe that is what you want:

aar <-function(command) {
    for(i in command){
        cat(i,":",switch(EXPR=i,
             scrn = "Screening",
             dx = "Diagnosis",
             df = "Don't Forget"),
        "\n")
    }
}

 > aar(c("dx","df"))
dx : Diagnosis
df : Don't Forget


Alain

oscar linares wrote:
> Dear Rexperts,
>
> Given,
>
> aar <-function(command) {
>
> switch(command,
>   {scrn = cat("scrn  :Screening","\n")}
>   {dx   = cat("dx    :Diagnosis","\n")}
>   {df   = cat("df    :Don't Forget","\n")}
> )
> }
>
> I want to be able to do:
>
> aar("dx") # function does cat("dx    :Diagnosis","\n")
>
> aar(c("dx","df"))  # function does cat("dx    :Diagnosis","\n")
>                         # function does df   = cat("df    :Don't
> Forget","\n")
>
> BUT IT IS NOT WORKING FOR ME.
>
> Please help:-)
>
>   

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