[R] Assign value to new variable based on conditions on other variables

aajit75 aajit75 at yahoo.co.in
Tue Apr 10 08:44:45 CEST 2012


Hi Experts,

This may be simple question, I want to create new variable "seg" and assign
values to it based on some conditions satisfied by each observation.

Here is the example:
##Below are the conditions

##if variable x2 gt 0 and x3 gt 200 then seg should take value 1, 
##if variable x2 gt 100 and x3 gt 300 then seg should take value 2
##if variable x2 gt 200 and x3 gt 400 then seg should take value 3
##if variable x2 gt 300 and x3 gt 500 then seg should take value 4

id <- c(1,2,3,4,5)
x2 <- c(200,100,400,500,600)
x3 <- c(300,400,500,600,700)
dd <- data.frame(id,x2,x3)


dd$seg[dd$x2> 0 && dd$x3> 200] <-1
dd$seg[dd$x2> 100 && dd$x3> 300] <-2
dd$seg[dd$x2> 200 && dd$x3> 400] <-3
dd$seg[dd$x2> 300 && dd$x3> 500] <-4

I tried as above but it is not working for me. What is the correct and
efficient way to do this.

Thanks for the help in advance!!


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