>> I did this: >> >> library(data.table) >> >> dd <- data.table(bl) >> dd[,sum(as.integer(CONTTIME)), by = SCRNO] >> >> (I used as.integer because I got an error message: sum not meaningful for >> factors) >> >> And got this: >> >> SCRNO V1 >> [1,] HBA0020036 111 >> [2,] HBA0020087 71 >> [3,] HBA0020209 140 >> [4,] HBA0020213 189 >> [5,] HBA0020222 174 >> [6,] HBA0020292 747 >> [7,] HBA0020310 57 >> [8,] HBA0020317 291 >> [9,] HBA0020365 417 >> [10,] HBA0020366 124 >> >> All the sums are way too big. Is there something making it not add up >> correctly? >> >> Original dataset: >> RID SCRNO VISCODE RECNO CONTTIME 338 43 HBA0020036 bl 1 9 1187 95 HBA0020087 bl 1 3 3251 230 HBA0020209 bl 2 3 3258 230 HBA0020209 bl 1 28 3321 235 HBA0020213 bl 2 5 3351 235 HBA0020213 bl 1 6 3436 247 HBA0020222 bl 1 5 3456 247 HBA0020222 bl 2 4 4569 321 HBA0020292 bl 13 2 4572 321 HBA0020292 bl 5 13 4573 321 HBA0020292 bl 1 25 4576 321 HBA0020292 bl 7 5 4578 321 HBA0020292 bl 8 2 4581 321 HBA0020292 bl 4 4 4582 321 HBA0020292 bl 9 5 4586 321 HBA0020292 bl 12 2 4587 321 HBA0020292 bl 6 2 4590 321 HBA0020292 bl 10 3 4591 321 HBA0020292 bl 11 7
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