[R] Check value interval in a if loop

[Uwe Ligges]

Lucas Sevilla García wrote:
> Hi R community
> 
> I have a little problem, and I tried to solve it by myself but I couldn't. I building an if loop, and I want to check a value inside an interval. This would be the case:
> 
> pvalue=0,2999
> 
> if(pvalue>0.05 or pvalue<0.1)
> 
> as you can see I would like to check in that if loop if my pvalue is inside of that interval(from 0.05 to 0.1), and I tried these options:
> 
> if(pvalue>0.05 or pvalue<0.1) (not possible because R don't recognise OR as operator)
> 
> if(pvalue>0.05 || pvalue<0.1) (this one is not good enough, cause it fulfills one condition pvalue>0.05 but it doesn't get other contidion pvalue<0.1)
> 
> does anyone know a way to stablish a inteval as an statement for my if loop.


1. if() is not used for constructing loops (and I think you know that)
2. You need an "and" operator rather than "or", such as & (for vectors) 
or && (for scalar values).

Uwe Ligges



> Thanks in advance
> 
> Lucas
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