[R] group data based on row value

[Jeff Newmiller]

dat$group <- cut( dat$Var, breaks=c(-Inf,0.1, 0.6,Inf))
levels(dat$group) <- LETTERS[1:3]

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Ye Lin <yelin at lbl.gov> wrote:

>hey, I want to divide my data into three groups based on the value in
>one
>column with group name.
>
>dat:
>
>Var
>0
>0.2
>0.5
>1
>4
>6
>
>I tried:
>
>dat <- cbind(dat, group=cut(dat$Var, breaks=c(0.1,0.6)))
>
>But it doesnt work, I want to group those <0.1 as group A, 0.1-0.6 as
>group
>B, >0.6 as group C
>
>Thanks for your help!
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