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Mohan Singh

2009-Mar-11 22:29 UTC

[R] R-help: grep in for loop using index - doesn't work

Hi everyone

  I am trying to use grep in a for loop to compare a string value. It works
if I use
the actual index value but when I use the for loop index, it doesn't work.
Any suggestions plz.

Here is the code:

data <- read.table(file="Sigmoid.csv", head=FALSE,
sep=",");

c1 <- data$V1
c2 <- data$V2
c3 <- data$V3

c1data <- data.frame(c1);
c2data <- data.frame(c2);
c3data <- data.frame(c3);

#this works
p <-
grep("QueryItem",c1data["147",],value=FALSE,fixed=FALSE)
print(p) # print 1

#doesn't work
i<-147
p1 <-
grep("QueryItem",c1data["i",],value=FALSE,fixed=FALSE)
print(p1) # prints 0

for(i in 137:270) {
  print(i)
  p <-
grep("QueryItem",c1data["i",],value=FALSE,fixed=FALSE)
  p2 <- p
  print(p2)
  if(length(p)>0) { print(p) }
}

Mohan Singh

2009-Mar-11 22:34 UTC

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[R] R-help: grep in for loop using index - doesn't work

Hi everyone

 

  I am trying to use grep in a for loop to compare a string value. It works
if I use the actual index value but when I use the for loop index, it
doesn''t work. Any suggestions plz.

 

Here is the code:

 

data <- read.table(file="Sigmoid.csv", head=FALSE,
sep=",");

 

c1 <- data$V1

c2 <- data$V2

c3 <- data$V3

 

c1data <- data.frame(c1);

c2data <- data.frame(c2);

c3data <- data.frame(c3);

 

#this works

p <-
grep("QueryItem",c1data["147",],value=FALSE,fixed=FALSE)

print(p) # print 1

 

#doesn''t work

i<-147

p1 <-
grep("QueryItem",c1data["i",],value=FALSE,fixed=FALSE)

print(p1) # prints 0

 

for(i in 137:270) {

  print(i)

  p <-
grep("QueryItem",c1data["i",],value=FALSE,fixed=FALSE)

  p2 <- p

  print(p2)

  if(length(p)>0) { print(p) }

}

 


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Mohan Singh

2009-Mar-11 23:02 UTC

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[R] R-help: grep in for loop using index - doesn't work

Thanks Phil.  

That worked. 

The apply(..) commands gives me a single 1/0 output for each column which
has the query item or not. 

But I am looking to find the index i from the loop to extract that
particular value for plotting

I'll try to improve the data.frame part; I was not able to access the rows
with data (just started R), so I created individual frames for data

Cheers
Mohan


-----Original Message-----
From: Phil Spector [mailto:spector at stat.berkeley.edu] 
Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 10:46 PM
To: Mohan Singh
Subject: Re: [R] R-help: grep in for loop using index - doesn't work

Mohan -
    "i" is the literal character i.  i is the variable called
i.  In this case, you want the variable, i.e. i:

   p1 <- grep("QueryItem",c1data[i,],value=FALSE,fixed=FALSE)

I might also mention that creating a separate data frame for each
column of your data is not really a good idea.  I believe that you're
looking for a solution like

     apply(data,2,grep,"Query Item")

but it's hard to tell.  You might want to run that command 
and see if what you want is in the output.

                                        - Phil Spector
 					 Statistical Computing Facility
 					 Department of Statistics
 					 UC Berkeley
 					 spector at stat.berkeley.edu





On Wed, 11 Mar 2009, Mohan Singh wrote:
> Hi everyone
>
>
>
>  I am trying to use grep in a for loop to compare a string value. It works
> if I use the actual index value but when I use the for loop index, it
> doesn't work. Any suggestions plz.
>
>
>
> Here is the code:
>
>
>
> data <- read.table(file="Sigmoid.csv", head=FALSE,
sep=",");
>
>
>
> c1 <- data$V1
>
> c2 <- data$V2
>
> c3 <- data$V3
>
>
>
> c1data <- data.frame(c1);
>
> c2data <- data.frame(c2);
>
> c3data <- data.frame(c3);
>
>
>
> #this works
>
> p <-
grep("QueryItem",c1data["147",],value=FALSE,fixed=FALSE)
>
> print(p) # print 1
>
>
>
> #doesn't work
>
> i<-147
>
> p1 <-
grep("QueryItem",c1data["i",],value=FALSE,fixed=FALSE)
>
> print(p1) # prints 0
>
>
>
> for(i in 137:270) {
>
>  print(i)
>
>  p <-
grep("QueryItem",c1data["i",],value=FALSE,fixed=FALSE)
>
>  p2 <- p
>
>  print(p2)
>
>  if(length(p)>0) { print(p) }
>
> }
>
>
>
>
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>
> ______________________________________________
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> PLEASE do read the posting guide
http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
>

Mohan Singh

2009-Mar-11 23:16 UTC

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[R] R-help: grep in for loop using index - doesn't work

Thanks very much Phil :)

Worked prefect

-----Original Message-----
From: Phil Spector [mailto:spector at stat.berkeley.edu] 
Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 11:14 PM
To: Mohan Singh
Subject: Re: [R] R-help: grep in for loop using index - doesn't work

Mohan -
    Sorry about that.  I need to check what I write
more carefully when I don't have any data available
to test it.
    I think what you want is

apply(data,2,grep,pattern='Query Item')

It will return a list with one element for each column, showing
the positiions where 'Query Item' was found.
                                          - Phil




On Wed, 11 Mar 2009, Mohan Singh wrote:
> Thanks Phil.
>
> That worked.
>
> The apply(..) commands gives me a single 1/0 output for each column which
> has the query item or not.
>
> But I am looking to find the index i from the loop to extract that
> particular value for plotting
>
> I'll try to improve the data.frame part; I was not able to access the
rows
> with data (just started R), so I created individual frames for data
>
> Cheers
> Mohan
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phil Spector [mailto:spector at stat.berkeley.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 10:46 PM
> To: Mohan Singh
> Subject: Re: [R] R-help: grep in for loop using index - doesn't work
>
> Mohan -
>    "i" is the literal character i.  i is the variable called
> i.  In this case, you want the variable, i.e. i:
>
>   p1 <- grep("QueryItem",c1data[i,],value=FALSE,fixed=FALSE)
>
> I might also mention that creating a separate data frame for each
> column of your data is not really a good idea.  I believe that you're
> looking for a solution like
>
>     apply(data,2,grep,"Query Item")
>
> but it's hard to tell.  You might want to run that command
> and see if what you want is in the output.
>
>                                        - Phil Spector
> 					 Statistical Computing Facility
> 					 Department of Statistics
> 					 UC Berkeley
> 					 spector at stat.berkeley.edu
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, 11 Mar 2009, Mohan Singh wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone
>>
>>
>>
>>  I am trying to use grep in a for loop to compare a string value. It
works>> if I use the actual index value but when I use the for loop index, it
>> doesn't work. Any suggestions plz.
>>
>>
>>
>> Here is the code:
>>
>>
>>
>> data <- read.table(file="Sigmoid.csv", head=FALSE,
sep=",");
>>
>>
>>
>> c1 <- data$V1
>>
>> c2 <- data$V2
>>
>> c3 <- data$V3
>>
>>
>>
>> c1data <- data.frame(c1);
>>
>> c2data <- data.frame(c2);
>>
>> c3data <- data.frame(c3);
>>
>>
>>
>> #this works
>>
>> p <-
grep("QueryItem",c1data["147",],value=FALSE,fixed=FALSE)
>>
>> print(p) # print 1
>>
>>
>>
>> #doesn't work
>>
>> i<-147
>>
>> p1 <-
grep("QueryItem",c1data["i",],value=FALSE,fixed=FALSE)
>>
>> print(p1) # prints 0
>>
>>
>>
>> for(i in 137:270) {
>>
>>  print(i)
>>
>>  p <-
grep("QueryItem",c1data["i",],value=FALSE,fixed=FALSE)
>>
>>  p2 <- p
>>
>>  print(p2)
>>
>>  if(length(p)>0) { print(p) }
>>
>> }
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 	[[alternative HTML version deleted]]
>>
>> ______________________________________________
>> R-help at r-project.org mailing list
>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
>> PLEASE do read the posting guide
> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
>> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
>>
>
> ______________________________________________
> R-help at r-project.org mailing list
> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
> PLEASE do read the posting guide
http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
>

jim holtman

2009-Mar-12 02:19 UTC

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[R] R-help: grep in for loop using index - doesn't work

I think you have to convert the loop value to character; it is not
recognized inside the quotes:

#doesn't work, but now it should
i<-147
p1 <-
grep("QueryItem",c1data[as.character(i),],value=FALSE,fixed=FALSE)
print(p1) # prints 0

Same thing goes for the 'for' loop:

for(i in 137:270) {
 print(i)
 p <-
grep("QueryItem",c1data[as.character(i),],value=FALSE,fixed=FALSE)
 p2 <- p
 print(p2)
 if(length(p)>0) { print(p) }
}

On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 6:29 PM, Mohan Singh <Mohan.Singh at ucd.ie>
wrote:> Hi everyone
>
> ?I am trying to use grep in a for loop to compare a string value. It works
> if I use
> the actual index value but when I use the for loop index, it doesn't
work.
> Any suggestions plz.
>
> Here is the code:
>
> data <- read.table(file="Sigmoid.csv", head=FALSE,
sep=",");
>
> c1 <- data$V1
> c2 <- data$V2
> c3 <- data$V3
>
> c1data <- data.frame(c1);
> c2data <- data.frame(c2);
> c3data <- data.frame(c3);
>
> #this works
> p <-
grep("QueryItem",c1data["147",],value=FALSE,fixed=FALSE)
> print(p) # print 1
>
> #doesn't work
> i<-147
> p1 <-
grep("QueryItem",c1data["i",],value=FALSE,fixed=FALSE)
> print(p1) # prints 0
>
> for(i in 137:270) {
> ?print(i)
> ?p <-
grep("QueryItem",c1data["i",],value=FALSE,fixed=FALSE)
> ?p2 <- p
> ?print(p2)
> ?if(length(p)>0) { print(p) }
> }
>
> ______________________________________________
> R-help at r-project.org mailing list
> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
> PLEASE do read the posting guide
http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
>


-- 
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Cincinnati, OH
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