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Lec9 - Programming in R - Control Structures

This document discusses control structures in R programming including if-else-if statements, for loops, nested for loops, and while loops. It provides examples of how to use each type of control structure. The if-else-if family allows executing code conditionally based on if a condition is true or moving to other options if it is not. For loops allow repeating code a certain number of times using a sequence, and nested for loops have one loop within another. A for loop can also have an if statement and break to exit the loop early. A while loop continuously executes code until a condition is no longer true.

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Lec9 - Programming in R - Control Structures

This document discusses control structures in R programming including if-else-if statements, for loops, nested for loops, and while loops. It provides examples of how to use each type of control structure. The if-else-if family allows executing code conditionally based on if a condition is true or moving to other options if it is not. For loops allow repeating code a certain number of times using a sequence, and nested for loops have one loop within another. A for loop can also have an if statement and break to exit the loop early. A while loop continuously executes code until a condition is no longer true.

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Data science for Engineers

Control structures

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In this lecture
 if-else-if family
 for loop
 Nested for loops
 for loop with if break
 while

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Control structures

• Execute certain commands only when


certain condition(s) is satisfied (if-then-else)

• Execute certain commands repeatedly and


use a certain logic to stop the iteration (for,
while loops)

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If else family of constructs


If , If else and If-elseif - else are a family of constructs where:
• A condition is first checked, if it is satisfied then operations are performed
• If condition is not satisfied, code exits construct or moves on to other
options
If construct If-else if-else construct
if (condition) { if (condition) {
statements
statements
}
} else if (condition) {
If-else construct
if (condition) { alternate statements
statements } else {
} else { alternate statements
alternate statements
}
}
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If else family of constructs: Example


IN THE EXAMPLE BELOW:
• IF x is greater than 7 operations inside the curved braces would occur
• Else the next condition i.e. x >8 would be checked, if this too is not true
• Final else condition is checked and if that too is false, there is no change in ‘x’

Code Console Output


# If-elseif - else example
x=6
if(x>7){
x=x+1
}else if(x>8){
x=x+2
}else {
x=x+3}

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Sequence function
• A sequence is one of the components of a ‘for loop’
• Sequence function syntax : seq(from, to, by, length)
• Creates equi-spaced points between ‘from’ and ‘to’

Parameter Description Console Output

from starting number


to ending number
by increment or decrement
(width)
length Number of elements
required

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for loop, Nested for Loops


The structure of a for loop construct comprises:
• A ‘sequence’ which could be a vector or a list
• ‘iter’ is an element of the sequence
• Statements
Nested for-loop : one or more for loop constructs are located within another.

For loop construct Nested For loop construct


for(iter1 in sequence1) {
for(iter in sequence) { for(iter2 in sequence2) {
statements statements
} }
}

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for loop: Example


Open a script file and type the following statements. Save the file as
“forloop” and execute the script file
The value of ‘sum’ keeps changing inside the loop

Initializing sum=0
loop variable

Loop variable sum


(i)

1 1
2 3
3 6
4 10
5 15

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For- loop with if-break


A “break” statement once executed, program exits the loop even before iterations
are complete
“break” command comes out of the innermost loop for nested loops

Loop sum Condition


variable (sum>SU
(i) M)
1 1 False
2 3 False
3 6 False
4 10 False
5 15 False
break” command, the loop is
6 21 True
terminated after the 6th iteration

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While loop
A while loop is used whenever you want to execute statements until a specific
condition is violated
Consider the sequence of natural numbers.
What is the value of the natural number up to which the calculated sum is less
than specified “Fin_sum”?
1+2+3…..+n = Fin_sum (15)

Initialize the Loop variable sum Condition


variables
(i) (sum<Fin_sum)
1 1 True
2 3 True
3 6 True
4 10 True
5 15 False

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