[R] Multiplying two vectors of the same size to give a third vector of the same size

[Philip Rhoades]

avi,


On 2023-06-21 12:46, avi.e.gross using gmail.com wrote:
> I was rushing out Phil so let me amend what I wrote. As others noted,
> this is fairly beginner stuff. If you have more such questions,
> besides reading up, please consider sending questions to the Tutor
> mailing list where there is more patience. 😉


No worries - thanks!


> You wanted to change selected small values to 0.0.
> 
> So you do not want the code I supplied as illustration as  it removes
> small elements making a smaller  vector.
> 
> Assume this test:
> 
> A <- c(NA, 0.3, 0.6, NA, 0.9)
> B <- c(NA, 0.2, 0.6, 0.9, 0.9)
> 
> C <- A * B
> print(C)
> 
> The result at this point is:
> 
> [1]   NA 0.06 0.36   NA 0.81
> 
> As expected, anything with an NA in either vector will generate an NA
> in the componentwise multiplication. Note the second item at 0.06 is
> under your threshold of 0.1.
> 
> What you want is not this:
> 
> Result <- C[C < 0.1]
>> Result
> [1]   NA 0.06   NA
> 
> That threw away anything above the threshold.


Yes, I realised that later . .


> What you want may be this:
> 
> C[C < 0.1] <- 0.0
> print(C)
> 
> This returns
> 
> [1]   NA 0.00 0.36   NA 0.81
> 
> Everything that is NA or at or above 0.1 is kept and anything below
> 0.1 is zeroed and kept.
> 
> Of course, if you do not want to keep the NA, that can trivially be 
> removed:
> 
> C[!is.na(C)]
> [1] 0.00 0.36 0.81


I actually got there myself after a bit of experimenting! - but you 
pointed me in the right direction!

Thanks!

Phil.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Philip Rhoades <phil using pricom.com.au>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2023 1:04 PM
> To: avi.e.gross using gmail.com
> Cc: r-help using r-project.org
> Subject: Re: [R] Multiplying two vectors of the same size to give a
> third vector of the same size
> 
> avi,
> 
> 
> On 2023-06-21 01:55, avi.e.gross using gmail.com wrote:
>> Phil,
>> 
>> What have you tried. This seems straightforward enough.
>> 
>> Could you clarify what you mean by NULL?
> 
> 
> I guess in R in would just be an empty cell? - ie NOT a zero.
> 
> 
>> In R, it is common to use NA or a more specific version of it.
> 
> 
> Ah yes, that would be it I think.
> 
> 
>> So assuming you have two vectors containing floats with some NA, then:
>> 
>> C <- A*B
>> 
>> Will give you the products one at a time if the lengths are the same.
>> NA
>> times anything is NA.
> 
> 
> Right - yes that works! - thanks!
> 
> 
>> Your second condition is also simple as you want anything below a
>> threshold
>> to be set to a fixes value.
>> 
>> Since you already have C, above, your condition of:
>> 
>> threshold <- 0.1
>> C < threshold
>> 
>> The last line returns a Boolean vector you can use to index C to get
>> just
>> the ones you select as TRUE and thus can change:
>> 
>> Result <- C[C < threshold]
> 
> 
> Ah, I see . .
> 
> 
>> And you can of course do all the above as a one-liner.
> 
> 
> Yes.
> 
> 
>> Is that what you wanted?
> 
> 
> Exactly except I meant:
> 
>    Result <- C[C > threshold]
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Phil.
> 
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: R-help <r-help-bounces using r-project.org> On Behalf Of Philip 
>> Rhoades
>> via
>> R-help
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2023 11:38 AM
>> To: r-help using r-project.org
>> Subject: [R] Multiplying two vectors of the same size to give a third
>> vector
>> of the same size
>> 
>> People,
>> 
>> I am assuming that what I want to do is easier in R than say Ruby.
>> 
>> I want to do what the Subject says ie multiply the cells in the same
>> position of two vectors (A and B) to give a result in the same 
>> position
>> in a third vector (C) BUT:
>> 
>> - The values in the cells of A and B are floats between 0.0 and 1.0 or
>> NULL
>> 
>> - If there is a NULL in the multiplication, then the result in the 
>> cell
>> for C is also a NULL
>> 
>> - If there is a value less than (say) 0.01 in the multiplication, then
>> the result in the cell for C is 0.0
>> 
>> Any suggestions appreciated!
>> 
>> Phil.
>> 
>> --
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>> 
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