Try this (I think your result in [2,2] is incorrect): > dat <- read.table(tc <- textConnection( + '0,1 1,3 40,10 0,0 + 20,5 4,2 10,40 10,0 + 0,11 1,2 120,10 0,0'), as.is = TRUE) > closeAllConnections() > # split the data and create new matrix > newDat <- lapply(dat, function(.col){ + # split by comma, unlist, convert to numeric and divide + x1 <- matrix(as.numeric(unlist(strsplit(.col, ','))), nrow = 2) + x1[1, ] / colSums(x1) + }) > do.call(cbind, newDat) V1 V2 V3 V4 [1,] 0.0 0.2500000 0.800000 NaN [2,] 0.8 0.6666667 0.200000 1 [3,] 0.0 0.3333333 0.923077 NaN >
On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 2:37 AM, burgundy <saub...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > Thanks again for your help with this. I would like to use a variation of > this function in a similar dataset (numeric) with elements separated by a > comma e.g. > > dat <- read.table(tc <- textConnection( > '0,1 1,3 40,10 0,0 > 20,5 4,2 10,40 10,0 > 0,11 1,2 120,10 0,0'), sep="") > > to simply calculate the frequency of the first number divided by the total > number, i.e. x[1]/sum(x). > > to produce: > > [,1] [,2] [,3] [,4] > [1,] 0 0.25 0.8 NaN > [2,] 0.8 0.33 0.2 1 > [3,] 0 0.33 0.92 NaN > > > My actual dataset is an enormous file (800,000 rows and 100 columns). Any > advice on how I can do this, maybe using gsubfn? > > Thank you very much! > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/function-using-values-separated-by-a-comma-tp2967870p2999723.html > Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > -- Jim Holtman Cincinnati, OH +1 513 646 9390 What is the problem that you are trying to solve? ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.