Try this: list('TRUE' = x, 'FALSE' = y)[[as.character(as.name(z <= 1))]]
On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 3:40 PM, carol white <wht_...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hi, > Is there any equivalent for ifelse (except if (cond) expr1 else expr2) which > takes an atomic element as argument but returns vector since ifelse returns > an object of the same length as its argument? > > x = c(1,2,3) > y = c(4,5,6,7) > z = 3 > > ifelse(z <= 3,x,y) > > would return x and not 1 > > thanks > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > -- Henrique Dallazuanna Curitiba-Paraná-Brasil 25° 25' 40" S 49° 16' 22" O ______________________________________________ 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.