R ifelse statement

Question

I'm pretty new at R. I have the following data set (data frame) composed by characters:

"Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y"
"Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "N" "N" "Y" "Y" "Y"
"Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "N" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y"
"Y" "N" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "N" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y"
"Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "N" "Y" "Y" "Y" "N" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y"
"Y" "Y" "Y" "N" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "N" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "N" "Y" "Y" "Y"
"Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "N" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y"
"Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "N" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y"
"Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y"
"Y" "Y" "N" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y"
"Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y"
"Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y"
"Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "N" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "Y" "N" "Y" "Y"

and I want to replace Y with 1 and N with 0. Thus I'm using the following expression:

ifelse(Dataset$A=="N",Dataset$A<-0,Dataset$A<-1)  

Although, the result from the ifelse function is correct but when printing the variable I m getting this:

"1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1"
"1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1"
"1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1"
"1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1"
"1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1"
"1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1"
"1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1"
"1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1"

Do you have any hint why?

Answer 1

Add another variable B to dataset and use ifelse function where you get 0 for "N"and 1 for "Y" values

Dataset$B <- ifelse(Dataset$A=="N",0,1)

or you can use ifelse function on same variable as

Dataset$A <- ifelse(Dataset$A=="N",0,1)