Generate a dummy-variable

Question

I have trouble generating the following dummy-variables in R:

I\'m analyzing yearly time series data (time period 1948-2009). I have two questions:

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Answer 1

Hi i wrote this general function to generate a dummy variable which essentially replicates the replace function in Stata.

If x is the data frame is x and i want a dummy variable called a which will take value 1 when x$b takes value c

introducedummy<-function(x,a,b,c){
   g<-c(a,b,c)
  n<-nrow(x)
  newcol<-g[1]
  p<-colnames(x)
  p2<-c(p,newcol)
  new1<-numeric(n)
  state<-x[,g[2]]
  interest<-g[3]
  for(i in 1:n){
    if(state[i]==interest){
      new1[i]=1
    }
    else{
      new1[i]=0
    }
  }
    x$added<-new1
    colnames(x)<-p2
    x
  }