Replacing a value is very easy, thanks to replace() in R to replace the values.
In data analysis, there may be plenty of instances where you have to deal with missing values, negative values, or non-accurate values that are present in the dataset. These values might affect the analysis result as well.
So in order to avoid these situations and false accuracies, you can make use of replace() function in R to replace the false values with appropriate values.
Syntax
The replace() function in R syntax is very simple and easy to implement. It includes the vector, index vector, and the replacement values as well as shown below.
replace(x, list, values)Arguments
Replace a value present in the vector
Let’s replace a value from a given vector
# Create a vector
> fruits <- c('apple', 'lemon', 'grape', 'kiwi')
> fruits
[1] "apple" "lemon" "grape" "kiwi"
# Let's replace 2nd element of the vector
> replace(fruits, 2, 'mango')
[1] "apple" "mango" "grape" "banana"
# Let's replace 3rd and 4th element of vector
> replace(fruits, c(3:4), c('banana', 'pineapple'))
[1] "apple" "lemon" "banana" "pineapple"Replace the NA values with 0’s using replace() in R
So, we are going to replace the NA values with 0 which are present in the data frame. This is the input data frame having the NA values.
For this we are going to use airquality dataset because it got NA values in it so we can replace those NA values. Let’s check the airquality dataset.
# airquality dataset
> airquality
Ozone Solar.R Wind Temp Month Day
1 41 190 7.4 67 5 1
2 36 118 8.0 72 5 2
3 12 149 12.6 74 5 3
4 18 313 11.5 62 5 4
5 NA NA 14.3 56 5 5
6 28 NA 14.9 66 5 6
7 23 299 8.6 65 5 7
8 19 99 13.8 59 5 8
9 8 19 20.1 61 5 9
10 NA 194 8.6 69 5 10
11 7 NA 6.9 74 5 11
...Now, lets replace the NA values
> df <- airquality
> df <- replace(df, is.na(df), 0)
> df
Ozone Solar.R Wind Temp Month Day
1 41 190 7.4 67 5 1
2 36 118 8.0 72 5 2
3 12 149 12.6 74 5 3
4 18 313 11.5 62 5 4
5 0 0 14.3 56 5 5
6 28 0 14.9 66 5 6
7 23 299 8.6 65 5 7
8 19 99 13.8 59 5 8
9 8 19 20.1 61 5 9
10 0 194 8.6 69 5 10
11 7 0 6.9 74 5 11
...Replace logical values with o and 1 in a list
To replace logical values in a list we need to first create a list with logical values in it.
# Create a logical vector
> logical_vec <- c('TRUE', 'TRUE', 'FALSE', 'FALSE', 'TRUE')
> logical_vec
[1] "TRUE" "TRUE" "FALSE" "FALSE" "TRUE"We can use if else to replace elements in a list
Syntax
ifelse( condition, v1, v2)Arguments
- condition: an expression that will return logical value either TRUE or FALSE.
- v1: Executes when the condition is TRUE.
- v2 Executes when the condition is FALSE.
> logical_vec <- ifelse(logical_vec=="TRUE", 0, 1)
> logical_vec
[1] 0 0 1 1 0Conclusion
We completed replacing values in a data frame is a very handy option available in R for data analysis. Using replace() in R, you can switch NA, 0, and negative values with appropriate to clear up large datasets for analysis. Also saw how to use if-else in R.
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