Function or a loop for counting - R studio

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I am practicing my R skills and I want to know if someone is skilled in functions or loops for counting. My idea is quite vague, but I can give an example.

For an example:

I have 4 book-shelves each above the other. The first (bottom) one can carry 6 books, the second shelf 4 books, the third shelf 6 books and the fourth shelf 4 books.

How can I make a function/loop where my input is a number of books I buy, and the output is how many shelves are full. I want the system to start at the bottom and work it's way up.

I have thought of finding the average number of books that can fit on the shelves, but if the input is 5 the program would think the first shelf is full when it isn't.

dufei · Accepted Answer · 2024-01-07 19:47:25Z

5

No need for a loop:

shelves <- c(6, 4, 6, 4)
n_books <- 15

# count number of filled shelves
sum(cumsum(shelves) < n_books)
#> [1] 2

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answered Jan 7, 2024 at 19:47

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BoxingIvy Over a year ago

Nice, thanks! Is there a simple way of doing this without knowing the total number of shelves? So that I could basically use any input I wanted.

BoxingIvy Over a year ago

I know that I can do "rep(c(6, 4), times=20)" for example, but is there a way of making the input decide how many shelves there are. So I can have an undecided amount of shelves. (I hope it's understandable what I mean)

dufei Over a year ago

Sure, just wrap the code in a function with the number of books and shelves as inputs (assuming the shelf capacity follows a certain pattern, e.g., alternates between 4 and 6).

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