Check if Number is Odd or Even in R (2 Examples)
In this tutorial, I’ll demonstrate how to find odd and even numbers in the R programming language.
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So now the part you have been waiting for – the examples:
Creation of Exemplifying Data
The following data is used as a basis for this R programming language tutorial:
x <- 1:5 # Create example vector x # [1] 1 2 3 4 5
The previous output of the RStudio console shows that our example data is a vector object containing five different integer values (i.e. a range from 1 to 5).
Example 1: Find Even Numbers in Vector
Example 1 explains how to get all even elements of a vector object.
For this task, we can use the %% and == operators as shown below:
x_logical <- x %% 2 == 0 # Create even/odd logical x_logical # Print even/odd logical # [1] FALSE TRUE FALSE TRUE FALSE
The previous syntax has created a new logical data object called x_logical, which identifies the even and odd numbers in our vector object.
We can now use this logical indicator to subset our vector object x:
x_even <- x[x_logical] # Extract even numbers x_even # Print even numbers # [1] 2 4
The previous R syntax has returned the values 2 and 4, i.e. the even numbers in our data.
Example 2: Find Odd Numbers in Vector
Similar to Example 1, we can also extract the odd numbers from a data object.
For this task, we have to specify the ! operator in front of the logical indicator:
x_odd <- x[!x_logical] # Extract odd numbers x_odd # Print odd numbers # [1] 1 3 5
The previous R code has selected only the odd values in our vector.
Video, Further Resources & Summary
Have a look at the following video instruction which I have published on the Statistics Globe YouTube channel. I’m explaining the R programming syntax of this tutorial in the video.
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Furthermore, you may have a look at the related articles that I have published on this website. Some articles about similar topics such as numeric values, extracting data, and dates are listed below.
- Check if Column is Date in R
- Select Odd & Even Rows & Columns from Data Frame
- Check if Package is Missing and Install Automatically (R Example)
- Check if Number is Integer in R
- All R Programming Examples
This tutorial has illustrated how to check for odd and even numbers in R programming.
Note that we have shown an example based on a vector object in the present tutorial. However, we could apply the same type of syntax to return odd and even values from a data frame column.
Let me know in the comments below, in case you have additional questions.
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