Hi, I have the following dataframe
structure(list(Type = c("QRS", "QRS", "QRS", "QRS", "QRS", "QRS", "QRS", "QRS", "QRS", "QRS", "QRS", "QRS", "RR", "RR", "RR", "PP", "PP", "PP", "PP", "PP", "PP", "PP", "PP", "PP", "QTc", "QTc", "QTc", "QTc", "QTc", "QTc", "QTc", "QTc", "QTc", "QTc", "QTc", "QTc", "QTc", "QTc", "QTc"), Time_Point_Start = c("2015-04-01 14:57:15.0.0312", "2015-04-01 14:57:15.0.7839", "2015-04-01 14:57:16.0.5343", "2015-04-01 14:57:17.0.2573", "2015-04-01 14:57:18.0.0234", "2015-04-01 14:57:18.0.7722", "2015-04-01 14:57:19.0.5265", "2015-04-01 14:57:24.0.0195", "2015-04-01 14:57:24.0.7839", "2015-04-01 14:57:25.0.5343", "2015-04-01 14:57:26.0.2768", "2015-04-01 14:57:27.0.0273", "2015-04-01 14:58:03.0.0702", "2015-04-01 14:58:03.0.8190", "2015-04-01 14:58:04.0.5694", "2015-04-01 14:57:58.0.4134", "2015-04-01 14:57:59.0.1637", "2015-04-01 14:57:59.0.9126", "2015-04-01 14:58:00.0.6630", "2015-04-01 14:58:01.0.4134", "2015-04-01 14:58:02.0.1637", "2015-04-01 14:58:02.0.9126", "2015-04-01 14:58:03.0.6630", "2015-04-01 14:58:04.0.4134", "2015-04-01 14:57:07.0.4212", "2015-04-01 14:57:08.0.1715", "2015-04-01 14:57:08.0.9204", "2015-04-01 14:57:09.0.6864", "2015-04-01 14:57:10.0.4368", "2015-04-01 14:57:11.0.1871", "2015-04-01 14:57:11.0.9360", "2015-04-01 14:57:12.0.6591", "2015-04-01 14:57:13.0.4251", "2015-04-01 14:57:14.0.1754", "2015-04-01 14:57:14.0.9243", "2015-04-01 14:57:15.0.6903", "2015-04-01 14:57:16.0.4407", "2015-04-01 14:57:17.0.1676", "2015-04-01 14:57:17.0.9321"), Time_Point_End = c("2015-04-01 14:57:15.0.0858", "2015-04-01 14:57:15.0.8346", "2015-04-01 14:57:16.0.6006", "2015-04-01 14:57:17.0.0351", "2015-04-01 14:57:18.0.1403", "2015-04-01 14:57:18.0.8385", "2015-04-01 14:57:19.0.5889", "2015-04-01 14:57:24.0.0858", "2015-04-01 14:57:24.0.8346", "2015-04-01 14:57:25.0.5772", "2015-04-01 14:57:26.0.3939", "2015-04-01 14:57:27.0.0936", "2015-04-01 14:58:03.0.8190", "2015-04-01 14:58:04.0.5694", "2015-04-01 14:58:05.0.3197", "2015-04-01 14:57:59.0.1637", "2015-04-01 14:57:59.0.9126", "2015-04-01 14:58:00.0.6630", "2015-04-01 14:58:01.0.4134", "2015-04-01 14:58:02.0.1637", "2015-04-01 14:58:02.0.9126", "2015-04-01 14:58:03.0.6630", "2015-04-01 14:58:04.0.4134", "2015-04-01 14:58:05.0.1793", "2015-04-01 14:57:07.0.8775", "2015-04-01 14:57:08.0.6435", "2015-04-01 14:57:09.0.3705", "2015-04-01 14:57:10.0.1209", "2015-04-01 14:57:10.0.8697", "2015-04-01 14:57:11.0.6201", "2015-04-01 14:57:12.0.3861", "2015-04-01 14:57:13.0.1364", "2015-04-01 14:57:13.0.8853", "2015-04-01 14:57:14.0.6513", "2015-04-01 14:57:15.0.4017", "2015-04-01 14:57:16.0.1248", "2015-04-01 14:57:16.0.9165", "2015-04-01 14:57:17.0.6162", "2015-04-01 14:57:18.0.3900"), Value = c(0.0546, 0.0507, 0.0663, 0.0936, 0.117, 0.0663, 0.0624, 0.0663, 0.0507, 0.0429, 0.117, 0.0663, 0.7488, 0.7488, 0.7488, 0.7488, 0.7488, 0.7488, 0.7488, 0.7488, 0.7488, 0.7488, 0.7488, 0.7644, 0.033103481, 0.034056449, 0.032367699, 0.031000613, 0.031405867, 0.031241866, 0.032367699, 0.034337907, 0.033125921, 0.034337907, 0.034337907, 0.031241866, 0.034337907, 0.032367699, 0.032930616), Score = c(0L, 0L, 0L, 0L, 3L, 0L, 0L, 0L, 0L, 0L, 3L, 0L, 0L, 0L, 0L, 0L, 0L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 0L, 0L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L), Type_Desc = c(NA, NA, NA, NA, 1L, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, 1L, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, NA, NA, 0L, 0L, 0L, 0L, 0L, 0L, 0L, 0L, 0L, 0L, 0L, 0L, 0L, 0L, 0L), Pat_id = c(4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L)), .Names = c("Type", "Time_Point_Start", "Time_Point_End", "Value", "Score", "Type_Desc", "Pat_id"), class = "data.frame", row.names = c(NA, -39L)) For each unique value in column 'Type' , I want to check for consecutive 5 rows (if any) of 'Score' > 0. Now, if there are five consecutive rows with Score > 0 and 'Type_Desc' = 0, then we print "Type_low" , else if 'Type_Desc' = 1, we print "Type_high". The search should end once 5 consecutive rows have been found. So, for this data frame we will have two statements as follows, 1.PP_high (reason - consecutive 5 rows of score > 0 and 'Type_Desc' = 1 ) 2.QTc_low (reason - consecutive 5 rows of score > 0 and 'Type_Desc' = 0 ) How can this problem tackled in R? Thanks, Abhinaba [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.