The following code might work:

a[a==1] <- b[a==1]

But it depends on what a and b are exactly (vector, matrix, list,
data.frame).


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On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 2:01 PM, burgundy <sauburn@yahoo.com> wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to replace all values equal to 1 in one file (a) with the value
> in the corresponding column in a separate file (b). Example below.
> Any help (and brief notes if poss) much appreciated. Thanks!!
>
> file a:
> 0,0,1,1,0
> 1,0,0,0,1
> 0,0,0,0,0
> 1,0,1,1,0
>
> file b:
> 3,4,6,8,11
>
> output request:
> 0,0,6,8,0
> 3,0,0,0,11
> 0,0,0,0,0
> 3,0,6,8,0
>
>
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