[R] Merging value labels into indicator variable.

Berend Hasselman bhh at xs4all.nl
Tue Feb 26 18:59:12 CET 2013


On 26-02-2013, at 18:45, Tasnuva Tabassum <t.tasnuva at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have a vaiable named NAM having value : 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9.  I want to
> make an indicator variable that will take value 1 if NAM=7 or NAM=8 or
> NAM=9. How can I do that?
> I usually do: Var001<- ifelse(NAM==7,1,0) for the simplest case.


How about 

Var001<- ifelse(NAM>=7 &  NAM<=9,1,0)


Berend



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