Hi option 3 library(reshape) melt(d, id.vars="id")
Regards Petr > Hi PJ, > > Try > > # some data > id <- 1:20 > m <- matrix(sample(0:1, 200, TRUE), ncol = 10) > colnames(m) <- paste('V', 1:10, sep = "") > d <- data.frame(id, m) > d > > # option 1 > cbind(rep(d$id, each = ncol(d)-1), matrix(unlist(t(d[,-1])), ncol = 1)) > > # option 2 > cbind(rep(d$id, each = ncol(d) - 1), stack(d[,-1])[,-2]) > > HTH, > Jorge.- > > > On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 10:19 PM, pat j <> wrote: > > > Hello R people, > > > > I have a data file with 101 numeric variables: one variable called IDN (the > > individual's unique id number, which I need to retain, and which ranges > > from 1000 to 1320; some numbers are obviously skipped), and V1 to V100 > > (each has a value of 0 or 1; these 100 variables represent sequentially > > ordered days and whether a characteristic was present or absent--e.g., v1 > > is day 1 and a "1" means the characteristic is present; v10 is day 10 and > > "0" means the characteristic is absent). > > > > This may be child's play for many on this list, but how do I transform this > > data file to two columns, one called "id" and another column named "c" > > with 100 rows? I think it will end up being a 1000 row file. I've read some > > and think that I'm trying to "melt" my existing data. I can transpose the > > v1 to v100 with t(v1 to v100) but then I'm unclear on how to automatically > > generate 100 identical IDN's for each case and variable and then put them > > together. > > > > This may be redundant, but for the sake of clarity, what I'm trying to do > > is get from this: > > > > IDN V1 V2 V3 … V100 > > > > 1 0 1 0 . . . 1 > > > > 2 1 1 1 . . . 0 > > > > 4 0 1 0 . . . 1 > > > > . > > > > . > > > > 100 0 1 0 . . . 1 > > > > To this: > > > > id c > > > > 1 0 > > > > 1 1 > > > > 1 0 > > > > . . > > > > . [continue 96 more times for c4 - c100] > > > > 1 1 > > > > 2 1 > > > > 2 1 > > > > 2 1 > > > > . . > > > > . [continue 96 more times for c4 - c100] > > > > 2 0 > > > > . > > > > . > > > > . > > > > [then repeat this for the next 98 cases] > > > > 100 0 1 0 1 > > > > > > Thank you very much. > > > > PJ > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > 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. > > > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > 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. ______________________________________________ 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.