Exercise 1 - Vector

Author

Arfa Zuhaira Binti Zulroshdi

Exercise 1

  1. Create a numeric variable “num-var” with the value “42.5”.

    num_var <- 42.5
    num_var
    [1] 42.5
  2. Create a character variable “char_var” with the value “R is fun!”.

    char_var <- "R is fun!"
    char_var
    [1] "R is fun!"
  3. Print the data type “char_var”.

    class(char_var)
    [1] "character"
  4. Create a list “student_info” with the following elements:

    1. “name”: “Mohammad Nasir Abdullah”
    2. “age”: 18
    3. “grades”: a numeric vector with values “99, 100, 89”.
    student_info <- list(
      name = "Mohammad Nasir Abdullah",
      age = 18,
      grades = c(99, 100, 89)
    )
    student_info
    $name
    [1] "Mohammad Nasir Abdullah"
    
    $age
    [1] 18
    
    $grades
    [1]  99 100  89
  5. Create a data frame “df_students” with the following columns.

    1. “Name”: “John”, “Pablo”
    2. “Age”: “22”, “30”
    3. “Grade”: “A”, “C”
    df_students <- data.frame(
      Name = c("John", "Pablo"),
      Age = c(22, 30),
      Grade = c("A", "C")
    )
    df_students
       Name Age Grade
    1  John  22     A
    2 Pablo  30     C
  6. Create a numeric vector “vec_num” with the values “5, 10, 15, 20”.

    vec_num <- c(5, 10, 15, 20)
    vec_num
    [1]  5 10 15 20
  7. Extract the second and third elements from “vec_num”.

    vec_num[c(2, 3)]
    [1] 10 15
  8. Create a vector “veq_seq” that contains a sequence of number from 1 to 10.

    vec_seq <- seq(1, 10)
    vec_seq
     [1]  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10
  9. Create a vector “vec_rand” with 5 random numbers between 1 and 100.

    vec_rand <- sample(1:100, size = 5)
    vec_rand
    [1] 62 89 32 58 34
  10. Create a character vector “vec_char” with the values “apple”, “banana”, “cherry”.

    vec_char <- c("apple", "banana", "cherry")
    vec_char
    [1] "apple"  "banana" "cherry"
  11. Use the substr() function to extract the first 3 characters from each elements of “vec_char”.

    substr(vec_char, 1,3)
    [1] "app" "ban" "che"
  12. Create a character vector “vec_colors” with the values “red”, “blue”, “green”, “red”, “blue”.

    vec_colors <- c("red", "blue", "green", "red", "blue")
    vec_colors
    [1] "red"   "blue"  "green" "red"   "blue" 
  13. Convert “vec_colors” into a factor vector “factor_colors”.

    factor_colors <- as.factor(vec_colors)
    factor_colors
    [1] red   blue  green red   blue 
    Levels: blue green red
  14. Print the levels of “factor_colors”.

    levels(factor_colors)
    [1] "blue"  "green" "red"  
  15. Given a numeric vector “vec_bonus = c(10,20,30,40,50)”, write a code snippet to:

    vec_bonus <- c(10,20,30,40,50)
    vec_bonus
    [1] 10 20 30 40 50
  1. Extract all elements greater than 25.

    vec_bonus[vec_bonus>25]
    [1] 30 40 50
  2. Calculate the mean of the extracted elements

    mean(vec_bonus[vec_bonus>25])
    [1] 40
  1. Given the following vectors:

    weights <- c(55, 68, 72, 61, 58, 75, 64, 70)

    names <- c(“Alice”, “Bob”, “Charlie”, “Daisy”, “Eve”, “Frank”, “Grace”, “Henry”)

    weights <- c(55, 68, 72, 61, 58, 75, 64, 70)
    
    names <- c("Alice", "Bob", "Charlie", "Daisy", "Eve", "Frank", "Grace", "Henry")

    a. Identify the names of individuals whose weight is greater than 65kg.

    names[weights>65]
    [1] "Bob"     "Charlie" "Frank"   "Henry"  

    b. Find the average weight of individuals whose weight is greater than 65kg.

    mean(weights[weights>65])
    [1] 71.25

    c. Extract the weights of individuals whose names start with the letter ‘A’ or ‘D’.

    weights[substr(names, 1, 1) %in% c("A", "D")]
    [1] 55 61

    d. Determine the number of individuals whose weight is between 60kg and 70kg (inclusive).

    length(weights>=60 & weights<=70)
    [1] 8
  2. Given the following vector of daily temperatures (in Celsius) for a week:

    temperatures <- c(22, 25, 19, 21, 18, 24, 23)

    days <- c(“Monday”, “Tuesday”, “Wednesday”, “Thursday”, “Friday”, “Saturday”, “Sunday”)

    temperatures <- c(22, 25, 19, 21, 18, 24, 23)
    
    days <- c("Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday", "Saturday", "Sunday")

    a. Identify the days when the temperature was below 20C.

    days[temperatures<20]
    [1] "Wednesday" "Friday"   

    b. Calculate the difference between the highest and lowest temperatures of the week.

    max(temperatures) - min(temperatures)
    [1] 7

    c. Determine the number of days when the temperature was between 20C and 24C (inclusive).

    sum(temperatures>=20 &temperatures<=24)
    [1] 4
  3. Given the following vector of exam scores:

    scores <- c(85, 78, 92, 65, 88, 70, 95, 80, 60, 90)

    students <- c(“Anna”, “Ben”, “Cara”, “Dan”, “Ella”, “Finn”, “Grace”, “Hank”, “Ivy”, “Jenny”)

    scores <- c(85, 78, 92, 65, 88, 70, 95, 80, 60, 90)
    
    students <- c("Anna", "Ben", "Cara", "Dan", "Ella", "Finn", "Grace", "Hank", "Ivy", "Jenny")

    a. Identify the students who scored above 90.

    students[scores>90]
    [1] "Cara"  "Grace"

    b. Find the average score of students who scored below 80.

    mean(scores[scores<80])
    [1] 68.25

    c. Extract the scores of students whose names start with a vowel (A, E, I, O, U).

    scores[substr(students, 1, 1) %in% c("A", "E", "I", "O", "U")]
    [1] 85 88 60

Take Home Exercise

  1. Basic Vector Creation: Create a numeric vector containing the numbers from 10 to 20 and a character vector containing the days of the week. Display both vectors.

    numeric_vector <- 10:20
    numeric_vector
     [1] 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
    character_vector <- c("Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday", "Saturday", "Sunday")
    character_vector
    [1] "Monday"    "Tuesday"   "Wednesday" "Thursday"  "Friday"    "Saturday" 
    [7] "Sunday"   
  2. Vector Concatenation: Given two vectors: a <- c(1, 2, 3) and b <- c(4, 5, 6), concatenate them to form a single vector.

    a <- c(1, 2, 3)
    b <- c(4, 5, 6)
    single_vector <- c(a, b)
    single_vector
    [1] 1 2 3 4 5 6
  3. Element Extraction: Given the vector temperatures <- c(15, 18, 20, 22, 19, 17, 16), extract the temperatures for the 2nd, 4th and 6th days.

    temperatures <- c(15, 18, 20, 22, 19, 17, 16)
    temperatures[c(2, 4, 6)]
    [1] 18 22 17
  4. Omitting Elements: From the same temperatures vector, omit the temperature of the 5th day.

    temperatures[-5]
    [1] 15 18 20 22 17 16
  5. Vector Arithmetic: Given the vector prices <- c(10, 20, 30, 40, 50), calculate the new prices after a 10% discount.

    prices <- c(10, 20, 30, 40, 50)
    new_prices <- prices*0.9
    new_prices
    [1]  9 18 27 36 45
  6. Patterned Vectors: Create a vector that contains the numbers from 5 to 50, but only includes every 5th number (i.e., 5, 10, 15, …).

    seq(5, 50, by = 5)
     [1]  5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50
  7. Random Patterns: Simulate the results of rolling a 6-sided die 10 times.

    sample(1:6, size = 10, replace = T)
     [1] 1 3 1 3 1 4 6 5 2 5
  8. Character Vector Operations: Given the vector fruits <- c(“apple”, “banana”, “cherry”), extract the first three letters of each fruit.

    fruits <- c("apple", "banana", "cherry")
    substr(fruits, 1,3)
    [1] "app" "ban" "che"
  9. Logical Vector Filtering: Given the vector ages <- c(25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50), identify which ages are greater than 30 an less than 50.

    ages <- c(25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50)
    ages[ages>30 & ages<50]
    [1] 35 40 45
  10. Relational Operators with Vectors: Given two vectors: vector1 <- c(5, 10, 15) and vector2 <- c(10, 10, 20), determine which elements of vector1 are less than or equal to the corresponding elements in vector2.

    vector1 <- c(5, 10, 15)
    vector2 <- c(10, 10, 20)
    vector3 <- vector1 <= vector2
    vector3
    [1] TRUE TRUE TRUE