On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 04:52:58PM +0700, Rut S wrote: > I tried to recode some complex multiple variables and run into a problem that > r can change only some column that I want to change. > > I can reproduce the problem with this > > idfortest <- c(6,23,46,63,200,238,297,321,336,364,386,392,414,434,441) > id <- seq(1:500) > id[id==idfortest] > > the result showed > Warning in id == idfortest : > longer object length is not a multiple of shorter object length > [1] 200 386 434 > > can you enlighten me for this, thank you in advance.
Others have already pointed out what the problem is. I'd like to add that you are probablyu looking for the %in% operator. cu Philipp ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.