[R] Replace a variable by its value

Petr PIKAL petr.pikal at precheza.cz
Mon May 21 14:52:42 CEST 2012


Hi

> 
> I have a dataset called "raw-data" . I am trying to use the following 
code -
> 
> 
> col_name<-names(raw_data)
> for (i in 1:(length(names(raw_data))-2))
> {
>   tbl=table(raw_data$Pay.Late.Dummy, raw_data$col_name[i])
> 
>   chisqtest<-chisq.test(tbl)
> }
> 
> 
> Say the 1st column of my raw_data is Column1. The idea is when i=1 then
> raw_data$col_name[i] will automatically become raw_data$Column1 , which 
is

Why do you think so? raw_data$col_name[i] is most probably one value.

Maybe you want

tbl=table(raw_data$Pay.Late.Dummy, raw_data[,i])

Regards
Petr


> not happening. Kindly help?
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