R help - Jul 2003 - Recode from 2 variables

I am trying to create a new variable which uses the suburb names if HR
and HRRES are the same but which uses HRRES if they are different. Any
assistance would be appreciated as my brain has just packed up. I'm not
sure I can teach myself anymore new tricks this afternoon. 


              HR                   HRRES                         SUBURB
What I am trying to get
954    Wheatbelt          Great Southern ALBANY
Great Southern
3177   Wheatbelt               Wheatbelt ARDATH
Ardath
3564   Wheatbelt                   Metro ARMADALE
Metro
3825   Wheatbelt               Wheatbelt ARTHUR RIVER
Arthur River
5049   Wheatbelt              South West AUSTRALIND
SouthWest
5445   Wheatbelt               Wheatbelt BABAKIN
Babakin
5769   Wheatbelt               Wheatbelt BADGINGARRA
Bagingarra
6093   Wheatbelt               Wheatbelt BAKERS HILL
Bakers Hill
7065   Wheatbelt               Wheatbelt BALLIDU
Ballidu
9396   Wheatbelt                   Metro BAYSWATER
Metro
9657   Wheatbelt               Wheatbelt BEACON
Beacon
12492  Wheatbelt               Wheatbelt BENCUBBIN
Bencubbin
13122  Metro                       Metro BENTLEY
Bentley
13788  Metro                       Metro BEVERLEY
Beverley
14436  Metro                       Metro BINDI BINDI
Bindi Bindi
14517  Metro                       Metro BINDOON
Bindoon
16218  Metro                   Wheatbelt BODALLIN
Wheatbelt
_________________________________________________
 
Tom Mulholland
Senior Policy Officer
WA Country Health Service
189 Royal St, East Perth, WA, 6004
 
Tel: (08) 9222 4062
e-mail: Tom.Mulholland at health.wa.gov.au
 
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Thank you. When I received the reply it dawned on me why my attempts had
been unsuccessful. HR, HRRES and SUBURB are all factors. It's time to go
home I was at this solution an hour ago and somehow missed it. I've now
got it working.
 
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Petr Pikal [mailto:petr.pikal@precheza.cz] 
Sent: Thursday, 17 July 2003 4:27 PM
To: Mulholland, Tom
Cc: r-help@stat.math.ethz.ch
Subject: Re: [R] Recode from 2 variables


Hi

On 17 Jul 2003 at 16:17, Mulholland, Tom wrote:
> I am trying to create a new variable which uses the suburb names if HR
> and HRRES are the same but which uses HRRES if they are different. Any
> assistance would be appreciated as my brain has just packed up. I'm
> not sure I can teach myself anymore new tricks this afternoon. 
Something like

ifelse(HR==HRRES,suburb,HRRES)

should help


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