Problems with while loop in R - r

I've a data frame with several variables in R. I want to use a while loop to go through all of the records and assign a new value to the record. I tried while loop which look like this:
h$est=""
i=0
while (i<188){
if (h$nr==2) {h$est=="X"}
else {h$est==21}
i=i+1
}
and it is not working at all.
I know how to make it via
h$est[h$nr==2]<-"X"
But I'd like to make it with while loop.

Ok I figure it out, The code should be like that:
for (i in 1:length(h$Treatment)){
if (h$Treatment[i]=="ASP") {h$est[i]=3}
else {h$est[i]=1}
}

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CallSpecies<-function(options){
dialog<-gtkMessageDialog(NULL,0,"question","ok-cancel","Choose a species. Hold control and click to select multiple species.",show=FALSE)
sppmodel<-rGtkDataFrame(Species)
sppview<-gtkTreeView(sppmodel)
sppview$getSelection()$setMode("multiple")
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sppview$appendColumn(column1)
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I need help on the following code
I tried to generate a random series using while clause and met the following problem
When run codes as below
m1=0.82
set=rep(1, 1000)
while(mean(set)!=m1){
k=sample(1:1000,1)
if(set[k]!=0){set[k]=0}
}
every thing is fine, however the loop can end if I change ml as as below
m1=1-0.18
set=rep(1, 1000)
while(mean(set)!=m1){
k=sample(1:1000,1)
if(set[k]!=0){set[k]=0}
}
just change from ml=0.82 to ml=1-0.18, R can't stop looping.

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