[R] Is it possible to remove this loop? [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

[Pascal Oettli]

Hello,

Try:

 > a1$h2 <- 0
 > a1$h2[a1$h1=="H"] <- 1

Regards

Le 12/07/03 16:18, Jin.Li at ga.gov.au a écrit :
> Hi all,
>
> I would like create a new column in a data.frame (a1) to store 0, 1 data converted from a factor as below.
>
> a1$h2<-NULL
> for (i in 1:dim(a1)[1]) {
>        if (a1$h1[i]=="H") a1$h2[i]<-1 else a1$h2[i]<-0
>        }
>
> My question: is it possible to remove the loop from above code to achieve the desired result?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Jin
>
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