Thanks Mark,
I see that I made an error in my original request for help. I got my
labels and groups mixed up (see below). Nonetheless, your code has been
a good pointer in the direction of a solution. I'll post it up when I
have it working.
Thanks again,
Stephen Barry.
I should have written it more like this:
Given data.frame:
Value Group Label
55 D Small
33 D Small
11 D Small
55 D Small
66 D Small
11 D Small
19 A Big
29 A Big
39 A Big
3 B Small
2 B Small
5 B Small
6 B Small
5 B Small
6 B Small
2 C Big
3 C Big
3 C Big
3 C Big
3 C Big
3 C Big
3 C Big
end up with:
Value Group Label
19 A Big
29 A Big
39 A Big
2 C Big
3 C Big
3 C Big
3 C Big
3 C Big
3 C Big
3 C Big
55 D Small
33 D Small
11 D Small
55 D Small
66 D Small
11 D Small
3 B Small
2 B Small
5 B Small
6 B Small
5 B Small
6 B Small
>
Mark W Kimpel wrote:
> Stephen,
>
> I am sure someone will have a more elegant solution, but the following
> works. Mark
>
> d.lst <- split(x = d, f = as.factor(d$Group), drop = FALSE)
> d.lst.mn <- sapply(d.lst, FUN =
> function(x){mean(as.numeric(as.character(x$Value)))})
> o <- order(d.lst.mn, decreasing = TRUE)
> d.lst.mn <- d.lst.mn[o]
>
> e <- NULL
> for (i in 1:length(d.lst.mn)){
> if (i == 1){
> e <- d[d$Group == names(d.lst.mn)[i],]
> } else {
> e <- rbind(e, d[as.character(d$Group) == names(d.lst.mn)[i],])
> }
> }
> e
>
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>
> sjbarry wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have what I think is a fairly straightforward problem. I've looked
>> through the FAQ's and mailing lists but have been unable to identify
>> a solution, probably because I don't understand the language well
>> enough.
>>
>> I have a set of data d, with 3 columns as shown,
>> I want to sort the data Group, mean(Value by Label). I know that this
>> can be done for one level, say Label, using factor() but I cannot see
>> how to extend that. I have included the code to create the data.frame
>> below and would greatly appreciate a solution or a link to a similar
>> problem that has already been solved in the mailing list.
>> Value Label Group
>> 19 Big A
>> 29 Big A
>> 39 Big A
>> 55 Small D
>> 33 Small D
>> 11 Small D
>> 55 Small D
>> 66 Small D
>> 11 Small D
>> 2 Big C
>> 3 Big C
>> 3 Big C
>> 3 Big C
>> 3 Big C
>> 3 Big C
>> 3 Big C
>> 3 Small B
>> 2 Small B
>> 5 Small B
>> 6 Small B
>> 5 Small B
>> 6 Small B
>>
>> Value <- c(19,29,39,55,33,11,55,66,11,2,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,2,5,6,5,6)
>> Group <- c("A","A","A","D","D","D","D","D","D",
>> "C","C","C","C","C","C","C","B","B","B","B","B","B")
>> Label <- c("Big","Big","Big",
>> "Small","Small","Small","Small","Small","Small",
>> "Big","Big","Big","Big","Big","Big","Big",
>> "Small","Small","Small","Small","Small","Small")
>> d <- as.data.frame(cbind(Value, Label, Group))
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Stephen Barry
>>
--
Stephen Barry
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences
University of Wollongong
Northfields Ave.
Wollongong, NSW. 2522
Australia
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