[R] [External] categorizing data

[Richard M. Heiberger]

Orig <- read.table(text="
tree shrub grass
32 11 47
23 41 26
49 23 18
", header=TRUE)

New <- Orig
for (i in seq(nrow(Orig)))
  New[i,] <- c(10, 30, 50)[order(unlist(Orig[i,]))]

New


> On May 29, 2022, at 15:28, Janet Choate <jsc.eco using gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi R community,
> I have a data frame with three variables, where each row adds up to 90.
> I want to assign a category of low, medium, or high to the values in each
> row - where the lowest value per row will be set to 10, the medium value
> set to 30, and the high value set to 50 - so each row still adds up to 90.
> 
> For example:
> Data: Orig
> tree  shrub  grass
> 32     11       47
> 23      41      26
> 49      23      18
> 
> Data: New
> tree  shrub  grass
> 30      10      50
> 10       50     30
> 50       30     10
> 
> I am not attaching any code here as I have not been able to write anything
> effective! appreciate help with this!
> thank you,
> JC
> 
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