Try this:

ac <- cumsum(a)
ifelse(ac > 2, max_value, ifelse(ac < -2, min_value, ac))


On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 6:44 PM, henrique <henri...@allianceasset.com.br>wrote:

> I have a vector of values -1, 0, 1, say
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>
>
> a <- c(0, 1, 0, 1, 1, -1, -1, -1, 0, -1, -1)
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>
>
> I want to create a vector of the cumulative sum of this, but I need to set
> a
> maximum and minimum value for the cumsum, for example:
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>
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> max_value <- 2
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> min_value <- -2
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>
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> the expected result would be (0, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 0, -1, -1, -2, -2)
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>
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> The only way I managed to do It, was
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> res <- vector(length=length(a))
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> res[1] <- a[1]
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> for ( i in 2:length(a)) res[i] <- res[i-1] + a[i] * (( res[i-1] < max_value
> & a[i] > 0 ) | ( res[i-1] > min_value & a[i] < 0 ))
>
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>
>
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> This is certainly not the best way to do it, so any suggestions?
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>
> Henrique
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