[R] Merge and replace data

[Rui Barradas]

Às 09:55 de 05/09/2023, roslinazairimah zakaria escreveu:
> Hi all,
> 
> I have these data
> 
> x1 <- c(116,0,115,137,127,0,0)
> x2 <- c(0,159,0,0,0,159,127)
> 
> I want : xx <- c(116,115,137,127,159, 127)
> 
> I would like to merge these data into one column. Whenever the data is '0'
> it will be replaced by the value in the column which is non zero..
> I tried append and merge but fail to get what I want.
> 
Hello,

That's a case for ?pmax:


x1 <- c(116,0,115,137,127,0,0)
x2 <- c(0,159,0,0,0,159,127)
pmax(x1, x2)
#> [1] 116 159 115 137 127 159 127


Hope this helps,

Rui Barradas