I have two variables. One categorical one with labels that take values 1-7. The value 7 indicates "other" The other variable is the text that represents that "other".
col1 col2
1
3
6
2
7 "some text"
7 "some text"
2
7 "some other text"
7 "some third text"
7 "Some thrid Text"
I want to change the value in col1 based on the value in col2. So for example
IF col2 = "some text", col1 = 2 (and it deletes the "some text" in col2)
IF col2 = "some other text", col1 = 4 (and it deletes the "some other text in col2)
IF col2 = "Some thrid Text", col2 = "some third text"
col1 col2
1
3
6
2
2
2
2
4
7 "some third text"
7 "some third Text"
Side note: col1 has value labels on it's values 1-7 and I don't want to mess with that.
df %>%
mutate(col1 = coalesce(case_when(col2 == 'some text' ~ 2,
col2 == 'some other text' ~ 4), col1),
col2 = str_remove(col2, 'some (other )?text'))
col1 col2
1 1
2 3
3 6
4 2
5 2
6 2
7 2
8 4
9 7 some third text
10 7 Some thrid Text