[R] replace certain elements in data frame

[Joshua Wiley]

Hi Yosub,

if "dat" is your data frame, try something like (untested):

dat$code[!dat$code %in% c("8210", "8310", "9190")] <- "others"

the general idea being create a logical vector of codes that match the
three you want, use "!" to negate this (so you are getting all codes
NOT in the ones you want), and then use this to selectively assign
"others".

For documentation, see

?match
?Logic

Hope this helps,

Josh

On Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 11:31 AM, Yosub Jung <yosubjung at berkeley.edu> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a data frame with 2 columns: year and code. In code column, I want to
> replace elements that are not "8210", "8310", or "9190" with "others".
>
> --
> Sincerely,
> Yosub Jung.
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