Try this:
lapply(list(c('ah', 'ihd'), 'ah', 'ihd'), function(x)subset(aDF, diagnosis
== x))
On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 6:53 AM, Den <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear R people
> Could you please help.
>
> Basically, there are two variables in my data set. Each patient ('id')
> may have one or more diseases ('diagnosis'). It looks like
>
> id diagnosis
> 1 ah
> 2 ah
> 2 ihd
> 2 im
> 3 ah
> 3 stroke
> 4 ah
> 4 ihd
> 4 angina
> 5 ihd
> ..............
> Q: How to make three data sets:
> 1. Patients with ah and ihd
> 2. Patients with ah but no ihd
> 3. Patients with ihd but no ah?
>
> If you have any ideas could just guide what should I look for. Is a
> subset or aggregate, or loops, or something else??? I am a bit lost. (F1
> F1 F1 !!!:)
> Thank you
>
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