[R] covert categoral data into number

2021-06-12 Thread Jxay Ljj
Hi I would like to convert numbers into different categorical levels . For example, In one of column of a dataframe, there are numbers: 1,2,3, 4. How can I cover them into "bottom", "middle", "high" , "top" in R codes? Thanks, JL [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ___

Re: [R] most stable way to output text layout

2021-06-12 Thread Jim Lemon
Hi Jeremie, Or assuming that the matrix will always contain strings: tabify<-function(x,col_names=NULL) { # convert NAs to "NA" x[is.na(x)]<-"NA" # if this matrix doesn't have any column names if(is.null(col_names)) col_names<-LETTERS[1:ncol(x)] # get the format argument for sprintf tab_widt

Re: [R] most stable way to output text layout

2021-06-12 Thread Jeremie Juste
Hello, Many thanks to you all for the prompt reply. Thanks for sharing. On Saturday, 12 Jun 2021 at 09:53, Jeff Newmiller wrote: > Can't say this appeals to me, but sprintf would make a difference: > > apply( > mat,1, > function(x) { > x[is.na(x)] <-"" > cat(paste(

Re: [R] most stable way to output text layout

2021-06-12 Thread Avi Gross via R-help
Just FYI, Jeremie, you can do what you want fairly easily if you look at the options available to print() and sprint(). You can ask NA conversion to be done here directly at print time: print(mat, na.print="") [,1] [,2] [,3] [,4] [,5] [,6] [,7] [,8] [,9] [,10]

Re: [R] most stable way to output text layout

2021-06-12 Thread Greg Minshall
Jeremie, i'm not totally sure i understand your desire. but, does this help? mx <- max(nchar(mat), na.rm=TRUE) apply( mat,1, function(x) { x[is.na(x)] <-"" cat(sprintf("%*s", mx, x), "\n") }) cheers, Greg __ R-he

Re: [R] most stable way to output text layout

2021-06-12 Thread Jeff Newmiller
Can't say this appeals to me, but sprintf would make a difference: apply( mat,1, function(x) { x[is.na(x)] <-"" cat(paste(sprintf("%16s",x)),"\n") }) On June 12, 2021 9:24:51 AM PDT, Jeremie Juste wrote: >Hello, > >I'm trying to print a razor thin front-end

[R] most stable way to output text layout

2021-06-12 Thread Jeremie Juste
Hello, I'm trying to print a razor thin front-end using just text matrices and the command prompt. I admit that it is a bit crazy, it seems to do the job and is very quick to implement... Except that I don't know of to fix the layout. I'm just seeking to map column names to a standard domain in