or simpler and faster: dat[,4] <- sign(dat[,2])/dat[,3] # your original loop
dat <- cbind(dat, dat[,2] == Inf) # append a new column with indicator for which rows have dat[,2] = Inf On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 2:45 PM, <ruipbarra...@sapo.pt> wrote: > Hello, > > Use combined ifelses, more or less like the following. > > ifelse(dat[, 2] == Inf, do this, ifelse(dat[, 2] > 0, 1 * (1/dat[,3]), > -1* (1/dat[,3]))) > > Rui Barradas > > > Citando Stephen HK WONG <hon...@stanford.edu>: > > > So much thanks Rui, the code can be so simple and fast. > > > > By the way, ifelse is good for two conditions, in my case, either > > >0, or <0, I found there's a lot of row with value "Inf", I want to > > keep it in new column, how do I do that using ifelse ? > > > > Thanks. > > > > ________________________________________ > > From: ruipbarra...@sapo.pt <ruipbarra...@sapo.pt> > > Sent: Monday, March 21, 2016 11:50 AM > > To: Stephen HK WONG > > Cc: r-help@r-project.org > > Subject: Re: [R] how to use vectorization instead of for loop > > > > Hello, > > > > I've renamed your dataframe to 'dat'. Since ?ifelse is vectorized, try > > > > dat[, 4] <- ifelse(dat[, 2] > 0, 1 * (1/dat[,3]), -1* (1/dat[,3])) > > > > Oh, and why do you multiply by 1 and by -1? > > It would simply be 1/dat[,3] and -1/dat[,3]. > > > > Hope this helps, > > > > Rui Barradas > > > > Quoting Stephen HK WONG <hon...@stanford.edu>: > >> Dear All, > >> > >> I have a dataframe like below but with many thousands rows, > >> > >> structure(list(gene_id = structure(1:6, .Label = c("0610005C13Rik", > >> "0610007P14Rik", "0610009B22Rik", "0610009L18Rik", "0610009O20Rik", > >> "0610010B08Rik,OTTMUSG00000016609"), class = "factor"), > >> log2.fold_change. = c(0.0114463, > >> -0.0960262, 0.00805151, -0.179981, -0.0629098, 0.155979), p_value = c(1, > >> 0.77915, 0.98265, 0.68665, 0.85035, 0.72235), new.value = c("NA", > >> "NA", "NA", "NA", "NA", "NA")), .Names = c("gene_id", > "log2.fold_change.", > >> "p_value", "new.value"), row.names = c(NA, 6L), class = "data.frame") > >> > >> I want to check if second column is positive or negative value, then > >> I will do some calculation and put the new value in last column. I > >> can do this with for loop like below but it is not efficient. Is > >> there a better way to use a vectorization method instead of loop? > >> Many thanks! > >> > >> for (i in 1:nrow(dataframe)) { > >> > >> if dataframe[i, 2]>0 { > >> > >> dataframe[i, 4]<- 1 * (1/dataframe[i,3])} else{ > >> > >> dataframe[i, 4] <- -1* (1/dataframe[i,3])} > >> > >> } > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------- > >> > >> Stephen H.K. WONG, PhD. > >> > >> Stanford University > >> > >> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > >> > >> ______________________________________________ > >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > >> PLEASE do read the posting guide > >> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.htmland provide commented, > >> minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > 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. -- Dan Dalthorp, PhD USGS Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center Forest Sciences Lab, Rm 189 3200 SW Jefferson Way Corvallis, OR 97331 ph: 541-750-0953 ddalth...@usgs.gov [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.