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2009 Apr 19
2
Including a vector element in an if statement
...simply set pa9[i] = a9[i] in the loop it comes
out fine.
I don't think it's a problem with the type of variable either, because if I
multiply the vector by 2 I get the "correct" output, so I think it's a
problem with R interpreting my vector as a list of strings or anything.
povertyline = function()
{
pa9 = c()
i=0
while(i<=length(a9))
{
if(a9[i] < mean(a9)/2)
{
pa9[i] = a9[i]
}
i = i+1
}
return(length(pa9))
}
Has anyone any ideas what's going wrong? (Just for clarification: yes, this
is for my homework. However I've already done the assignment i...