Try this also:

replace(example, example > threshold, threshold)

On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 7:34 AM, Jim Hargreaves <james@ipec.co.uk> wrote:

> Dear List,
>
> I have a list of length ~1000 filled with numerics. I need to replace the
> elements of this list that are above a certain numerical threshold with the
> value of the threshold.
>
> e.g
> example=list(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1)
> threshold=5
> <magic code goes here>
> example=(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1).
>
> I have written a crude script that achieves this but it's very slow. Is
> there a way to do this using some R function?
>
> Crude script: http://pastebin.com/3KSfi8nD
>
>
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