Hi.
I am very new to R and have been diligently working my way through the manual and various tutorials.  I am now trying to work with some of my own data and have encountered a problem that I need to fix.  I have a dataframe with 8 columns and approximately 850 rows.  I have provided an excerpt of the dataframe below.  Within column 6 (Question) the numbers 1:33 repeat down the entire column.  Occasionally, however, another value (-32767) appears.  I need to locate this value everytime it appears and in its place insert 33 rows that are numbered 1:33 in column Question.  Additionally, I need to maintain the integrity of the other columns so that the values at that location in each column are also repeated 33 times.  So, in the example below, I currently have 68 rows of data, but I actually need 132 rows (two -32767 values need to be replaced).  Based on my reading I am guessing that I need to use a while loop, but I cannot seem to get it right.  Is this the appropriate function or is there another more efficient method for achieving my goal.  Again, I am quite new to R.  Thanks for your help!

Year Month Day Time PartID Question Latency Response
2008 2 7 194556 6 1 265 -1
2008 2 7 194556 6 2 466 84
2008 2 7 194556 6 3 199 68
2008 2 7 194556 6 4 152 83
2008 2 7 194556 6 5 177 100
2008 2 7 194556 6 6 177 61
2008 2 7 194556 6 7 400 43
2008 2 7 194556 6 8 225 88
2008 2 7 194556 6 9 249 32
2008 2 7 194556 6 10 172 8
2008 2 7 194556 6 11 163 17
2008 2 7 194556 6 12 326 70
2008 2 7 194556 6 13 232 26
2008 2 7 194556 6 14 157 22
2008 2 7 194556 6 15 135 -1
2008 2 7 194556 6 16 133 2
2008 2 7 194556 6 17 222 2
2008 2 7 194556 6 18 357 4
2008 2 7 194556 6 19 131 -1
2008 2 7 194556 6 20 222 90
2008 2 7 194556 6 21 230 35
2008 2 7 194556 6 22 374 32
2008 2 7 194556 6 23 275 85
2008 2 7 194556 6 24 141 -1
2008 2 7 194556 6 25 264 19
2008 2 7 194556 6 26 380 17
2008 2 7 194556 6 27 240 21
2008 2 7 194556 6 28 127 -1
2008 2 7 194556 6 29 232 92
2008 2 7 194556 6 30 205 95
2008 2 7 194556 6 31 185 96
2008 2 7 194556 6 32 319 61
2008 2 7 194556 6 33 101 -1
2008 2 8 122203 6 -32767 0 NA
2008 2 7 194556 6 1 265 -1
2008 2 7 194556 6 2 466 84
2008 2 7 194556 6 3 199 68
2008 2 7 194556 6 4 152 83
2008 2 7 194556 6 5 177 100
2008 2 7 194556 6 6 177 61
2008 2 7 194556 6 7 400 43
2008 2 7 194556 6 8 225 88
2008 2 7 194556 6 9 249 32
2008 2 7 194556 6 10 172 8
2008 2 7 194556 6 11 163 17
2008 2 7 194556 6 12 326 70
2008 2 7 194556 6 13 232 26
2008 2 7 194556 6 14 157 22
2008 2 7 194556 6 15 135 -1
2008 2 7 194556 6 16 133 2
2008 2 7 194556 6 17 222 2
2008 2 7 194556 6 18 357 4
2008 2 7 194556 6 19 131 -1
2008 2 7 194556 6 20 222 90
2008 2 7 194556 6 21 230 35
2008 2 7 194556 6 22 374 32
2008 2 7 194556 6 23 275 85
2008 2 7 194556 6 24 141 -1
2008 2 7 194556 6 25 264 19
2008 2 7 194556 6 26 380 17
2008 2 7 194556 6 27 240 21
2008 2 7 194556 6 28 127 -1
2008 2 7 194556 6 29 232 92
2008 2 7 194556 6 30 205 95
2008 2 7 194556 6 31 185 96
2008 2 7 194556 6 32 319 61
2008 2 7 194556 6 33 101 -1
2008 2 8 143056 6 -32767 0 NA




Eric S McKibben
Industrial-Organizational Psychology Graduate Student
Clemson University
Clemson, SC
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