[R] Sign of specific elements of a vector

[Frank S.]

Thank you for all your observations and comments!!
 
As you suggest, the option x <- x*c(rep(1,19), -1) is a more elegant and a fast way!
 
Frank S.
 
> From: dwinsemius en comcast.net
> Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2015 21:33:57 -0700
> To: marc_schwartz en me.com
> CC: r-help en r-project.org
> Subject: Re: [R] Sign of specific elements of a vector
> 
> 
> On Jun 18, 2015, at 1:21 PM, Marc Schwartz wrote:
> 
> > Just to augment Bert’s comment, other options are likely to introduce some level of overhead that while perhaps looking better, will not be materially faster. Depending upon the length of your vector, you could do some testing to see.
> > 
> 
> Another method which depends upon R recycling of vector arguments:
> 
> x <- x*c(rep(1,19), -1)
> 
> Might be a bit faster:
> 
> > set.seed(1)
> > x <- rnorm(1e6)
> > system.time(x <- x*c(rep(1,19), -1))
>    user  system elapsed 
>   0.005   0.000   0.005 
> > set.seed(1)
> > system.time({
> + IND <- seq(20,length(x), by=20)
> + x[IND] <- -x[IND]})
>    user  system elapsed 
>   0.010   0.001   0.011 
> 
> -- 
> David.
> 
> > One thing that might yield a little bit of performance improvement would be to pre-calculate the indices:
> > 
> > set.seed(1)
> > x <- rnorm(100)
> > IND <- seq(20,100, by=20)
> > 
> >> IND
> > [1]  20  40  60  80 100
> > 
> >> x[IND]
> > [1]  0.5939013  0.7631757 -0.1350546 -0.5895209 -0.4734006
> > 
> > x[IND] <- -x[IND]
> > 
> >> x[IND]
> > [1] -0.5939013 -0.7631757  0.1350546  0.5895209  0.4734006
> > 
> > 
> > But unless your vector is very large, I suspect the performance gain may be minimal in real time.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > Marc Schwartz
> > 
> > 
> >> On Jun 18, 2015, at 3:07 PM, Bert Gunter <bgunter.4567 en gmail.com> wrote:
> >> 
> >> Your **is** the "coolest" and most efficient way to do this. It's
> >> vectorized -- apply() stuff is not.
> >> 
> >> Cheers,
> >> Bert
> >> 
> >> Bert Gunter
> >> 
> >> "Data is not information. Information is not knowledge. And knowledge is
> >> certainly not wisdom."
> >>  -- Clifford Stoll
> >> 
> >> On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 12:40 PM, Frank S. <f_j_rod en hotmail.com> wrote:
> >> 
> >>> Hi everyone,
> >>> 
> >>> I have an "x" vector and I would want to change the sign every 20
> >>> elements. For this puspose,
> >>> I wrote the following code:
> >>> 
> >>> set.seed(1)
> >>> x <- rnorm(100)
> >>> x
> >>> x[seq(20,100, by=20)] <- -x[seq(20,100, by=20)]
> >>> x
> >>> 
> >>> However, I'm afraid  it is a rudimentary form to get the desired result.
> >>> II wonder wether there is a cool way to do so, that is, for example with
> >>> apply or sign function.
> >>> 
> >>> Thans in advanced for your help!
> >>> 
> >>> Frank S.
> > 
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> David Winsemius
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