[R] If statement

[Bert Gunter]

You appear to be confusing && with &  and || with |  ; (the first of each
pair take a logical expression, the second of each a logical vector) ...
as well as if ... else with ifelse (the first is a flow control statement
taking a logical expression; the second is a function taking a logical
vector as an argument).  I suggest you spend some time with an appropriate
R tutorial to clarify your understanding. You'll get a better explanation
and examples if you do so than anything I can provide you.

Incidentally, in future, do not tell us "it did not work." Provide the
specific error message that burped out.

Cheers,
Bert


Bert Gunter

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On Thu, Sep 12, 2019 at 4:07 PM Val <valkremk using gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I am trying to use the  if else statement and create  two new columns
> based on the existing two columns.  Below please find my sample data,
>
> dat1 <-read.table(text="ID  a b c d
> A private couple  25 35
> B private single  24 38
> C none  single    28 32
> E none none 20 36 ",header=TRUE,stringsAsFactors=F)
>
> dat1$z <- "Zero"
> dat1$y <-  0
>
> if a is "private" and (b is either "couple" rr "single"
>     then  z value = a's value   and y value = c's value
> if a is "none" and  ( b is either couple of single then  z= private
>   then  z value =b's value  qnd  y value= d's value
> else z value= Zero and y value=0
>
> the desired out put looks like
> ID          a      b      c     d     z       y
> 1  A private couple 25 35 private 25
> 2  B private single 24 38 private 24
> 3  C    none single 28 32 single  32
> 4  E    none   none 20 36 Zero    0
>
> my attempt
>
> if (dat1$a =="private"  &  (dat1$b =="couple"| dat1$b =="single"))
> {
>       dat1$z      <-   dat1$a
>       dat1$y      <-   dat1$c
> }
>
> else if (dat1$a =="none"  &  (dat1$b =="couple"| dat1$b =="single")) {
>     dat1$z      <-   dat1$b
>     dat1$y      <-   dat1$c
>   }
> else
> { default value}
> did not wok, how could I fix this?
> Thank you in advance
>
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