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    case_when is a function that allows you to vectorize multiple if/else statements in R. It works like the SQL CASE WHEN statement. It takes a sequence of two-sided formulas as arguments, with the left-hand side determining the condition and the right-hand side providing the replacement value. The values returned will be the same type and length as the first right-hand side value. It is useful for creating new variables that depend on complex combinations of existing variables, such as in dplyr's mutate verb.

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    case_when is a function that allows you to vectorize multiple if/else statements in R. It works like the SQL CASE WHEN statement. It takes a sequence of two-sided formulas as arguments, with the left-hand side determining the condition and the right-hand side providing the replacement value. The values returned will be the same type and length as the first right-hand side value. It is useful for creating new variables that depend on complex combinations of existing variables, such as in dplyr's mutate verb.

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    case_when is a function that allows you to vectorize multiple if/else statements in R. It works like the SQL CASE WHEN statement. It takes a sequence of two-sided formulas as arguments, with the left-hand side determining the condition and the right-hand side providing the replacement value. The values returned will be the same type and length as the first right-hand side value. It is useful for creating new variables that depend on complex combinations of existing variables, such as in dplyr's mutate verb.

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    case_when {dplyr} R Documentation

    A general vectorised if
    Description

    This function allows you to vectorise multiple if and else if statements. It is an R equivalent
    of the SQL CASE WHEN statement.

    Usage
    case_when(...)

    Arguments

    ... A sequence of two-sided formulas. The left hand side (LHS) determines which values match
    this case. The right hand side (RHS) provides the replacement value.

    The LHS must evaluate to a logical vector. Each logical vector can either have length 1 or a
    common length. All RHSs must evaluate to the same type of vector.

    These dots are evaluated with explicit splicing.

    Value

    A vector as long as the longest LHS, with the type (and attributes) of the first RHS. Inconsistent
    lengths or types will generate an error.

    Examples
    x <- 1:50
    case_when(
    x %% 35 == 0 ~ "fizz buzz",
    x %% 5 == 0 ~ "fizz",
    x %% 7 == 0 ~ "buzz",
    TRUE ~ as.character(x)
    )

    # Like an if statement, the arguments are evaluated in order, so you must


    # proceed from the most specific to the most general. This won't work:
    case_when(
    TRUE ~ as.character(x),
    x %% 5 == 0 ~ "fizz",
    x %% 7 == 0 ~ "buzz",
    x %% 35 == 0 ~ "fizz buzz"
    )

    # case_when is particularly useful inside mutate when you want to


    # create a new variable that relies on a complex combination of existing
    # variables
    starwars %>%
    select(name:mass, gender, species) %>%
    mutate(
    type = case_when(
    height > 200 | mass > 200 ~ "large",
    species == "Droid" ~ "robot",
    TRUE ~ "other"
    )
    )

    # Dots support splicing:


    patterns <- list(
    TRUE ~ as.character(x),
    x %% 5 == 0 ~ "fizz",
    x %% 7 == 0 ~ "buzz",
    x %% 35 == 0 ~ "fizz buzz"
    )
    case_when(!!! patterns)

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