R help - Sep 2005 - Create New variable

Dear All,
 
I want to create one numeric variable from a factor one. here is a simple
example:
 
x1      x2     factor
x11    x21    f1
x12    x22    f1
x13    x23    f2
x14    x24    f3
.        .         .
.        .         .
 
Suppose that the variable factor has 3 levels (f1,f2,f3). I want to add to this
data frame a numeric variable x4 in (v1,v2,v3) such that x4=v1 if factor = f1,
x4 = v2 if factor = f2 and x4 = v3 if factor = f3.
 
 
 
Thanks a lot for any help,
 
Bernard  

		
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Marc Bernard <bernarduse1 at yahoo.fr> writes:
> Dear All,
>  
> I want to create one numeric variable from a factor one. here is a simple
example:
>  
> x1      x2     factor
> x11    x21    f1
> x12    x22    f1
> x13    x23    f2
> x14    x24    f3
> .        .         .
> .        .         .
>  
> Suppose that the variable factor has 3 levels (f1,f2,f3). I want to
> add to this data frame a numeric variable x4 in (v1,v2,v3) such that
> x4=v1 if factor = f1, x4 = v2 if factor = f2 and x4 = v3 if factor > f3.
Just use the factor as an index:

   x4 <- c(v1, v2, v3)[factor]

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