Dear Agustin,

Perhaps

v1 <- c(1,1,1,2,3,4,1,10,3)
dput(as.numeric(ifelse(v1%in%c(1,2,3),paste(100,v1,sep=""),v1)))

HTH,

Jorge


On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 2:41 PM, Agustin Lobo <aloboaleu@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi!
>
> Given a vector (or a factor within a df),i.e. v1 <- c(1,1,1,2,3,4,1,10,3)
> and a dictionary
> cbind(c(1,2,3),c(1001,1002,1003))
>
> is there a function (on the same line than recode() in car)
> to get v2 as c(1001,1001,1001,1002,1003,4,1001,10,1003) ?
>
> I'm using myself a function based on match() since
> long ago (I think that thanks to advice by Prof. B. Ripley),
> but would like to know if there is an standard function (i.e., like
> recode()). What I'm using is:
>
> "reclas" <- function(v, origen, imagen, directo = T, resto=1)
> {
>        if(directo == F) {
>                aux <- origen
>                origen <- imagen
>                imagen <- aux
>        }
>        m <- match(v, origen, 0)
>        #print("match finished")
>        if(resto==0) v <- v*0
>        v[m > 0] <- imagen[m]
>        v
> }
>
> Agus
>
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