Re: [R] difference between ifelse and if...else?

2017-12-13 Thread MacQueen, Don 
Because ifelse is not intended to be an alternative to if ... else. They exist 
for different purposes.

(besides the other replies, a careful reading of their help pages, and trying 
the examples, should explain the different purposes).

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On 12/13/17, 7:31 AM, "R-help on behalf of Jinsong Zhao" 
 wrote:

Hi there,

I don't know why the following codes are return different results.

 > ifelse(3 > 2, 1:3, length(1:3))
[1] 1
 > if (3 > 2) 1:3 else length(1:3)
[1] 1 2 3

Any hints?

Best,
Jinsong

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Re: [R] difference between ifelse and if...else?

2017-12-13 Thread Duncan Murdoch 

On 13/12/2017 10:31 AM, Jinsong Zhao wrote:

Hi there,

I don't know why the following codes are return different results.

  > ifelse(3 > 2, 1:3, length(1:3))
[1] 1
  > if (3 > 2) 1:3 else length(1:3)
[1] 1 2 3

Any hints?


The documentation in the help page ?ifelse and ?"if" explains it pretty 
clearly.  Think of ifelse() as a function with vector inputs and a 
vector output, and if() as a flow control construction.


Duncan Murdoch

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Re: [R] difference between ifelse and if...else?

2017-12-13 Thread Eric Berger 
ifelse returns the "shape" of the first argument

In your ifelse the shape of "3 > 2" is a vector of length one, so it will
return a vector length one.

Avoid "ifelse" until you are very comfortable with it. It can often burn
you.




On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 5:33 PM, jeremiah rounds 
wrote:

> ifelse is vectorized.
>
> On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 7:31 AM, Jinsong Zhao  wrote:
>
> > Hi there,
> >
> > I don't know why the following codes are return different results.
> >
> > > ifelse(3 > 2, 1:3, length(1:3))
> > [1] 1
> > > if (3 > 2) 1:3 else length(1:3)
> > [1] 1 2 3
> >
> > Any hints?
> >
> > Best,
> > Jinsong
> >
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> >
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Re: [R] difference between ifelse and if...else?

2017-12-13 Thread jeremiah rounds 
ifelse is vectorized.

On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 7:31 AM, Jinsong Zhao  wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> I don't know why the following codes are return different results.
>
> > ifelse(3 > 2, 1:3, length(1:3))
> [1] 1
> > if (3 > 2) 1:3 else length(1:3)
> [1] 1 2 3
>
> Any hints?
>
> Best,
> Jinsong
>
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[R] difference between ifelse and if...else?

2017-12-13 Thread Jinsong Zhao 

Hi there,

I don't know why the following codes are return different results.

> ifelse(3 > 2, 1:3, length(1:3))
[1] 1
> if (3 > 2) 1:3 else length(1:3)
[1] 1 2 3

Any hints?

Best,
Jinsong

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