Re: [R] Problem with the recode function

2010-06-16 Thread Alain Guillet
Alain, -Original Message- From: Alain Guillet [mailto:alain.guil...@uclouvain.be] Sent: June-15-10 12:25 PM To: John Fox Cc: r-help@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] Problem with the recode function I found out what the problem is: when I start R Commander, some plug-ins

Re: [R] Problem with the recode function

2010-06-16 Thread John Fox
Dear Alain, -Original Message- From: Alain Guillet [mailto:alain.guil...@uclouvain.be] Sent: June-16-10 8:30 AM To: John Fox Cc: r-help@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] Problem with the recode function Dear John, Thanks a lot for the time you spent on my problem. I don't believe

[R] Problem with the recode function

2010-06-15 Thread Alain Guillet
Hello, I am using the recode() function in Rcmdr and the result is not what I expect so I am almost sure I did something wrong but what... test - data.frame(x=1:10) library(car) recode(test$x,'1:5=0 ; else=1', as.factor.result=TRUE) [1] 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 Levels: 0 1 BUT

Re: [R] Problem with the recode function

2010-06-15 Thread John Fox
McMaster University Hamilton, Ontario, Canada web: socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox -Original Message- From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] On Behalf Of Alain Guillet Sent: June-15-10 10:58 AM To: r-help@r-project.org Subject: [R] Problem with the recode

Re: [R] Problem with the recode function

2010-06-15 Thread Natalie Van Zuydam
McMaster University Hamilton, Ontario, Canada web: socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox -Original Message- From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] On Behalf Of Alain Guillet Sent: June-15-10 10:58 AM To: r-help@r-project.org Subject: [R] Problem

Re: [R] Problem with the recode function

2010-06-15 Thread John Fox
Of Natalie Van Zuydam Sent: June-15-10 11:59 AM To: r-help@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] Problem with the recode function Dear Alain, Taking a stab in the dark here but I find that if my original column is a factor then recode won't work for me. Would a simple ifelse statement not do

Re: [R] Problem with the recode function

2010-06-15 Thread Alain Guillet
McMaster University Hamilton, Ontario, Canada web: socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox -Original Message- From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] On Behalf Of Alain Guillet Sent: June-15-10 10:58 AM To: r-help@r-project.org Subject: [R] Problem

Re: [R] Problem with the recode function

2010-06-15 Thread Dave Freedman
I find that sometimes the recode function in car is easier to use, while at other times it's easier to use the recode in Hmisc. If both packages are loaded, you can always use car::recode or Hmisc::recode to specify which function you want. hth, David Freedman, CDC -- View this message in

Re: [R] Problem with the recode function

2010-06-15 Thread John Fox
Dear Alain, -Original Message- From: Alain Guillet [mailto:alain.guil...@uclouvain.be] Sent: June-15-10 12:25 PM To: John Fox Cc: r-help@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] Problem with the recode function I found out what the problem is: when I start R Commander, some plug-ins