try this: d <- data.frame(group = c(1,1,2,2,2), val = c(6,4,6,3,5))
d$time <- unlist(tapply(d$group, d$group, function (x) seq(1, len = length(x)))) reshape(d, idvar = "group", direction = "wide") I hope it helps. Best, Dimitris ---- Dimitris Rizopoulos Ph.D. Student Biostatistical Centre School of Public Health Catholic University of Leuven Address: Kapucijnenvoer 35, Leuven, Belgium Tel: +32/(0)16/336899 Fax: +32/(0)16/337015 Web: http://med.kuleuven.be/biostat/ http://www.student.kuleuven.be/~m0390867/dimitris.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shubha Vishwanath Karanth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 3:22 PM Subject: [R] Transposing by a group variable > Hi R, > > > > Can I transpose a data frame by a particular group variable? > > > > For example: > > d=data.frame(group=c(1,1,2,2,2),val=c(6,4,6,3,5)) > > And my output should be: > > data.frame(group=c(1,2),v1=c(6,6),v2=c(4,3),v3=c(NA,5)) > > > > Many thanks, > > Shubha > > This e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged > i...{{dropped:13}} > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > Disclaimer: http://www.kuleuven.be/cwis/email_disclaimer.htm ______________________________________________ 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.