[R] replacing NA for zero

[Rolf Turner]

A simplistic approach which works for the given example is as
follows:  Let your data frame be "X".  Do:

x <- 1:8
y <- numeric(8)
y[X$x] <- X$y
Y <- data.frame(x=x,y=y)

Then "Y" is the desired result.

     cheers,

         Rolf Turner

On 13/06/12 09:55, Silvia Lucato wrote:
>     Dear R users,
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>     I have a very basic query, but was unable to find a proper anwser.
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>     I have the following data.frame
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>     x     y
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>     2   0.12
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>     3   0.25
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>     4   0.11
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>     6   0.16
>     7   0.20
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>     and, due to further calculations, I need the data to be stored as
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>     x     y
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>     1     0
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>     2   0.12
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>     3   0.25
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>     4   0.11
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>     5     0
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>     6   0.16
>     7   0.20
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>     8    0
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>     How do I do the transformation?
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>     Many many thjanks in advance.
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