I am not sure whether I could understand all things. Here is my code : library(zoo) # an reproducible example SD <- 1 date1 <- seq(as.Date("2001-01-01"), as.Date("2002-12-1"), by = "day") len1 <- length(date1) set.seed(1) # to make it reproducible data1 <- zoo(rnorm(len1), date1) plot(data1)
# calculation for monthly or quarterly mean calc = function(frequ = c("M S", "Q S")) { switch(frequ "M S" = aggregate(data1, as.yearmon, mean) "Q S" = aggregate(data1, as.yearqtr, mean)) } However I am getting lot of errors while executing. Any further suggestion? Regards, On Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 3:38 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why don't you try "switch" Let me assume that you want to calculate a=3 and > b =5 by using one of "MEAN", "SUM","MIN", and "MAX functions. Then you could > write your code: (If you want to calculate "MEAN") > > example<-function(fun=c("MEAN", "SUM", "MIN", "MAX")){ >> > + fun<-match.arg(fun);a=3;b=5 > + switch( fun, > + MEAN=(a+b)/2, > + SUM=a+b, > + MIN=min(a,b), > + MAX=max(a,b)) > + } > >> example("MEAN") >> > [1] 4 > >> >> Hope this is helpful, > Chunhao Tu > > > > > > > Quoting Arun Kumar Saha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > There is "if-else" loop if I have to choose 1 item from a 2-item list. >> However if I have a list of 4 items (let say) then how i can choose a >> single >> item without employing 'if-else' loop? I mean in VBA I can use >> "select-case", is there any equivalent in R as well? >> >> Regards, >> >> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> >> ______________________________________________ >> 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. >> >> > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ 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.