[R] Conditional recoding for purpose of imputing

[David Winsemius]

On Feb 9, 2014, at 8:03 PM, Ana Genkova wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I am trying the ifelse command for imputing a variable based on a
> conditional statement, but the NAs do not transform.  The code I am trying
> is:
> 
> ifelse (x==1, y=="NO", y=="YES").  However, the number of NAs remains the
> same after the attempt.   I would like to turn all Y (NAs included) into a
> "YES" or a "NO".

The "==" has no place in the second and third arguments to ifelse . It should probably be:

y <-  ifelse (x==1, "NO", "YES")

(And do note that "==" is not an assignment operator in any context.)
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David Winsemius
Alameda, CA, USA