Dear everyone I would like to change values in vectors doing a translation. i.e. I have a start vector giving me the levels in one vector (numbers 1 to x - rating) and then I have a second vector giving me the values to be allocated (loss probabilities), but the number of potential rating classes and loss estimates is still subject to a lot of discussion.
Attached a simplified version of the problem (original has more values and needs to stay flexible, i.e. length of translation vector can change. Trans_Prob_values<-c(0.005, 0.01, 0.1) Trans_CR<-c(1,2,3) a<-c(3,2,1,1,2,3) A<-replace(a, Trans_CR, Trans_Prob_values) A This however produces [1] 0.005 0.010 0.100 1.000 2.000 3.000 as opposed to the desired result. The help however says "replace replaces the values in x with indexes given in list by those given in values. If necessary, the values in values are recycled. " which in my view should be exactly doing the job intended above. Constructions with nested ifelse statements and individual replacements are too cumbersome in my view. I searched for conditional replacement, vector replace, replace function and read the problems, but generally they have conditions like age>30 then x, not a direct translation of values. If anyone has an idea, please do share it. Thanks Christian -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Replace-Values-within-vector-using-Translation-vector-tp22088527p22088527.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________ R-help@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.