OR operator in R: The usage and example

As you know, in logical operators in R, we have boolean operators: AND, OR, NOT, etc., but today we will learn the OR operator together. Let’s get started.

OR operator in R

The OR operator in R is used to compare two variables and return TRUE if one of the conditions is TRUE; if both are FALSE, it will return FALSE. See the table below for a better understanding.

Syntax

We can use the OR operator with | or || symbols in R and syntax as follows:

# Method 1:
condition1 | condition2

#Method 2:
condition1 || condition2

Parameters:

• condition1, condition2: TRUE or FALSE is the result of the comparison.

Return: The value is TRUE or FALSE

Example

Here, we will begin with the example check the numbers less than 10 and greater than 20.

# Initial value
num1 = 5
num2 = 15

# Check condition is divisible and print
print(paste("Check num1: ",num1<10 | num1>20))
print(paste("Check num2: ",num2<10 | num2>20))

Output

[1] "Check num1:  TRUE"
[1] "Check num2:  FALSE"

Now, we will build a program to print the one of the numbers divisible by 2 and greater than 0 with input is two numbers using OR operator. 

# Initial value
num1 = 5
num2 = 8

# Check condition is divisible and print
if(num1%%2 == 0 | num2%%2 == 0) {
  print("One of the number or both is divisible by 2")
} else {
  print("None of the number or both is divisible by 2")
}

# Check condition greater than 0 and print
if(num1>0 | num2>0) {
  print("One of the number or both is greater than 0")
} else {
  print("None of the number or both is greater than 0")
}

Output

[1] "One of the number or both is divisible by 2"
[1] "One of the number or both is greater than 0"

Another example, we will work with a data frame.

# Initial a data frame
dataFrame <- data.frame(
  names = c("Pauline GreenTara", "Chelsea Smith", "Rowena Richardson",
    "Hollie Davies", "Lexi Miller", "Christopher Moore"),
  math = c(8,6,4,2,5,2),
  physic = c(9,7,5,3,1,10),
  chemistry = c(6,7,9,4,3,1)
)

# View data frame
dataFrame

attach(dataFrame)

# Filter rows where math >= 5 or physic >= 5
dataFrame[(math>=5) | (physic>=5),]

# Filter rows where math >= 6 or chemistry >= 5
dataFrame[(math>=7) | (chemistry>=8),]

Output

> # View data frame
> dataFrame
              names math physic chemistry
1 Pauline GreenTara    8      9         6
2     Chelsea Smith    6      7         7
3 Rowena Richardson    4      5         9
4     Hollie Davies    2      3         4
5       Lexi Miller    5      1         3
6 Christopher Moore    2     10         1
> # Filter rows where math >= 5 or physic >= 5
> dataFrame[(math>=5) | (physic>=5),]
              names math physic chemistry
1 Pauline GreenTara    8      9         6
2     Chelsea Smith    6      7         7
3 Rowena Richardson    4      5         9
5       Lexi Miller    5      1         3
6 Christopher Moore    2     10         1
>
> # Filter rows where math >= 6 or chemistry >= 5
> dataFrame[(math>=7) | (chemistry>=8),]
              names math physic chemistry
1 Pauline GreenTara    8      9         6
3 Rowena Richardson    4      5         9

Summary

Above is what I can share with you. If you have any questions about OR operator in R, please leave a comment below. Good luck!

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