You might also try mynewdf <- mydf |> dplyr::mutate(side = ifelse(side == 'BUY', 1,-1))
This may give unexpected results if there are other choices besides "BUY" and "SELL". mynewdf <- mydf |> dplyr::mutate(side = ifelse(side == 'BUY', 1, ifelse(side == 'SELL', -1, NA))) is an option that would take care of other options. -----Original Message----- From: R-help <r-help-boun...@r-project.org> On Behalf Of Ben Bolker Sent: Friday, September 29, 2023 10:00 AM To: r-help@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] replace character by numeric value [External Email] The reason you're getting the result as character is that you have 'side' as your alternative result in the second ifelse(). If "BUY" and "SELL" are the only options you might try ifelse(side == 'BUY', 1, ifelse(side == 'SELL', -1, NA)) or c(1,-1)[match(side, c("BUY", "SELL"))] or vals <- c(BUY=1, SELL = -1) vals[side] On 2023-09-29 9:21 a.m., Ebert,Timothy Aaron wrote: > Does this work? > mynewdf$side <- as.numeric(mynewdf$side) > > This code would be the next line after your mutate. > > TIm > > -----Original Message----- > From: R-help <r-help-boun...@r-project.org> On Behalf Of Enrico > Schumann > Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2023 3:13 AM > To: arnaud gaboury <arnaud.gabo...@gmail.com> > Cc: r-help <r-help@r-project.org> > Subject: Re: [R] replace character by numeric value > > [External Email] > > On Wed, 27 Sep 2023, arnaud gaboury writes: > >> I have two data.frames: >> >> mydf1 <- structure(list(symbol = "ETHUSDT", cummulative_quote_qty = >> 1999.9122, side = "BUY", time = structure(1695656875.805, tzone = "", >> class = c("POSIXct", "POSIXt"))), row.names = c(NA, -1L), class = >> c("data.table", >> "data.frame")) >> >> mydf2 <- structure(list(symbol = c("ETHUSDT", "ETHUSDT", "ETHUSDT"), >> cummulative_quote_qty = c(1999.119408, 0, 2999.890985), side = >> c("SELL", "BUY", "BUY"), time = structure(c(1695712848.487, >> 1695744226.993, 1695744509.082), class = c("POSIXct", "POSIXt" >> ), tzone = "")), row.names = c(NA, -3L), class = c("data.table", >> "data.frame")) >> >> I use this line to replace 'BUY' by numeric 1 and 'SELL' by numeric >> -1 in >> mydf1 and mydf2: >> mynewdf <- mydf |> dplyr::mutate(side = ifelse(side == 'BUY', 1, >> ifelse(side == 'SELL', -1, side))) >> >> This does the job but I am left with an issue: 1 and -1 are >> characters for >> mynewdf2 when it is numeric for mynewdf1. The result I am expecting >> is getting numeric values. >> I can't solve this issue (using as.numeric(1) doesn't work) and don't >> understand why I am left with num for mynewdf1 and characters for mynewdf2. >> >>> mynewdf1 <- mydf1 |> dplyr::mutate(side = ifelse(side == 'BUY', 1, >> ifelse(side == 'SELL', -1, side))) >>> str(mynewdf1) >> Classes 'data.table' and 'data.frame': 1 obs. of 4 variables: >> $ symbol : chr "ETHUSDT" >> $ cummulative_quote_qty: num 2000 >> $ side : num 1 <<<------ >> $ time : POSIXct, format: "2023-09-25 17:47:55" >> - attr(*, ".internal.selfref")=<externalptr> >> >>> mynewdf2 <- mydf2 |> dplyr::mutate(side = ifelse(side == 'BUY', 1, >> ifelse(side == 'SELL', -1, side))) >>> str(mynewdf2) >> Classes 'data.table' and 'data.frame': 3 obs. of 4 variables: >> $ symbol : chr "ETHUSDT" "ETHUSDT" "ETHUSDT" >> $ cummulative_quote_qty: num 1999 0 3000 >> $ side : chr "-1" "1" "1" <<<------ >> $ time : POSIXct, format: "2023-09-26 09:20:48" >> "2023-09-26 18:03:46" "2023-09-26 18:08:29" >> - attr(*, ".internal.selfref")=<externalptr> >> >> Thank you for help >> > > I'd use something like this: > > map <- c(BUY = 1, SELL = -1) > mydf1$side <- map[mydf1$side] > str(mydf1) > ## Classes 'data.table' and 'data.frame': 1 obs. of 4 variables: > ## $ symbol : chr "ETHUSDT" > ## $ cummulative_quote_qty: num 2000 > ## $ side : num 1 > > mydf2$side <- map[mydf2$side] > str(mydf2) > ## Classes 'data.table' and 'data.frame': 3 obs. of 4 variables: > ## $ symbol : chr "ETHUSDT" "ETHUSDT" "ETHUSDT" > ## $ cummulative_quote_qty: num 1999 0 3000 > ## $ side : num -1 1 1 > ## $ time : POSIXct, format: "2023-09-26 09:20:48" ... > > > > -- > Enrico Schumann > Lucerne, Switzerland > http://enric/ > oschumann.net%2F&data=05%7C01%7Ctebert%40ufl.edu%7Cc444bc296379414ba95 > b08dbc0f46826%7C0d4da0f84a314d76ace60a62331e1b84%7C0%7C0%7C63831592818 > 5843893%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLC > JBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=YHs9vJMita%2BWAdlmn > zx7%2Bte8gGqf3bTDl6CjnVG0exw%3D&reserved=0 > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > https://stat/ > .ethz.ch%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fr-help&data=05%7C01%7Ctebert%40ufl.edu > %7Cc444bc296379414ba95b08dbc0f46826%7C0d4da0f84a314d76ace60a62331e1b84 > %7C0%7C0%7C638315928185843893%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAw > MDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sda > ta=ANxrud%2Bvq7xIraYkKFA4FLgJT3%2Bp1ceynsEmvnl7ot0%3D&reserved=0 > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.r/ > -project.org%2Fposting-guide.html&data=05%7C01%7Ctebert%40ufl.edu%7Cc4 > 44bc296379414ba95b08dbc0f46826%7C0d4da0f84a314d76ace60a62331e1b84%7C0% > 7C0%7C638315928185843893%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiL > CJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=CW > oJHfmd4Nrll13MSqD22gRVORw8sOxKbvz1rFI8ov0%3D&reserved=0 > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > https://stat/ > .ethz.ch%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fr-help&data=05%7C01%7Ctebert%40ufl.edu > %7Cc444bc296379414ba95b08dbc0f46826%7C0d4da0f84a314d76ace60a62331e1b84 > %7C0%7C0%7C638315928185843893%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAw > MDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sda > ta=ANxrud%2Bvq7xIraYkKFA4FLgJT3%2Bp1ceynsEmvnl7ot0%3D&reserved=0 > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.r/ > -project.org%2Fposting-guide.html&data=05%7C01%7Ctebert%40ufl.edu%7Cc4 > 44bc296379414ba95b08dbc0f46826%7C0d4da0f84a314d76ace60a62331e1b84%7C0% > 7C0%7C638315928185843893%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiL > CJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=CW > oJHfmd4Nrll13MSqD22gRVORw8sOxKbvz1rFI8ov0%3D&reserved=0 > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. -- Dr. Benjamin Bolker Professor, Mathematics & Statistics and Biology, McMaster University Director, School of Computational Science and Engineering (Acting) Graduate chair, Mathematics & Statistics > E-mail is sent at my convenience; I don't expect replies outside of working hours. ______________________________________________ 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. ______________________________________________ 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.