Thanks Jorge and Michael

"recode" was exactly what I was looking for.

AG<-2.7
VAR<-recode(as.integer(AG),"c(0,5,8,10)=37;c(1,4)=70;c(3,6,9)=90;c(2,7)=112")
VAR
[1] 112

Great!

All the best,

Antônio

2011/8/31 Jorge I Velez <jorgeivanvelez@gmail.com>

> Hi Antonio,
>
> Take a look at
>
> require(car)
> ?recode
>
> for an alternative.
>
> HTH,
> Jorge
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 1:27 PM, Antonio Silva <> wrote:
>
>> Hello
>>
>> I'm translating a Visual Basic routine to R.
>>
>> Which command in R is similar to "select case" in VB?
>>
>> See the example:
>>
>> select case int(AG)
>>  case 0, 5, 8, 10
>>  VAR = 37
>>  case 1, 4
>>  VAR = 70
>>  case 3, 6, 9
>>  VAR = 90
>>  case 2, 7
>>  VAR = 112
>> end select
>>
>> A chain of "if else" would not be very elegant. Is there another option?
>>
>> Thanks in advance. Best regards.
>>
>> Antonio Olinto
>>
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Antônio Olinto Ávila da Silva
Biólogo / Oceanógrafo
Instituto de Pesca (Fisheries Institute)
São Paulo, Brasil

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