[R] Data Checking

[Göran Broström]

On Sun, 24 Mar 2002, Ko-Kang Kevin Wang wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> This is a simple question with if elseif....however I am having trouble
> constructing the solution for some reason.
> 
> Suppose I have a data set with 3 variables, a, b and c say.  Let's say c
> is the sum of a and b.  So:
>   a  b  c
>   1  2  3
>   2  3  5
>   3  4  7
>   .  .  .
>   .  .  .
>   .  .  .
> 
> Suppose that I know there have been some data entry errors and I want to
> check if ALL values in c is really the sum of a and b, and if not, print
> out the whole line (i.e. all values of a, b and c in that row).
> 
> Any help on how I can write this if elseif block will be apprecaited!

Try subsetting:

> dataset <- data.frame(a, b, c)
> dataset[a + b != c, ]

is what you want. You should consider whether you want to test exact or
approximate equality, though.

Göran 
> 
> Ko-Kang
> 
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