[R] SAS-like method of recoding variables?
Dieter Menne
dieter.menne at menne-biomed.de
Tue Jun 23 08:43:26 CEST 2009
P.Dalgaard wrote:
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>> IF TYPE='TRUCK' and count=12 THEN VEHICLES=TRUCK+((CAR+BIKE)/2.2);
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> vehicles <- ifelse(TYPE=='TRUCK' & count=12, TRUCK+((CAR+BIKE)/2.2), NA)
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Read both versions to an audience, and you will have to admit that this is
one of the cases where SAS is superior.
Dieter
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