Just to throw out an alternative using the ?reshape function: # See the example using 'df3' on the help page DF.Long <- reshape(score, direction = "long", idvar = "subject", varying = 2:8, sep = "")
> head(DF.Long, 24) subject time test ab.1 ab 1 0.17687 cl.1 cl 1 0.18020 ds.1 ds 1 0.14269 ex.1 ex 1 0.14626 ey.1 ey 1 0.16850 js.1 js 1 0.13741 ms.1 ms 1 0.14548 pk.1 pk 1 0.16246 ro.1 ro 1 0.18631 rt.1 rt 1 0.14805 sc.1 sc 1 0.15510 yk.1 yk 1 0.18077 ab.2 ab 2 0.16715 cl.2 cl 2 0.16618 ds.2 ds 2 0.12857 ex.2 ex 2 0.12874 ey.2 ey 2 0.15654 js.2 js 2 0.15516 ms.2 ms 2 0.16655 pk.2 pk 2 0.14872 ro.2 ro 2 0.16128 rt.2 rt 2 0.15794 sc.2 sc 2 0.16374 yk.2 yk 2 0.17320 Regards, Marc Schwartz On Jun 1, 2012, at 3:06 PM, Rui Barradas wrote: > Hello, > > Try > > score2$subject <- rep(score$subject, 7) > > Hope this helps, > > Rui Barradas > > Em 01-06-2012 20:47, Jason Love escreveu: >> Hello R users, >> I'd like to ask a question about how to add a new column. So, below is my >> situation. >> >> In order to perform the repeated ANOVA, I first imported the following >> table. >> >> score=read.csv("patients_tests.csv"); >> >> subject test1 test2 test3 test4 test5 test6 >> test7 >> 1 ab 0.17687 0.16715 0.17009 0.16480 0.16116 0.24502 0.17975 >> 2 cl 0.18020 0.16618 0.18548 0.14943 0.14289 0.23583 0.17027 >> 3 ds 0.14269 0.12857 0.12972 0.16955 0.14398 0.20865 0.17194 >> 4 ex 0.14626 0.12874 0.15501 0.13019 0.14646 0.21345 0.16023 >> 5 ey 0.16850 0.15654 0.15181 0.18554 0.15642 0.24330 0.16064 >> 6 js 0.13741 0.15516 0.16392 0.15250 0.15416 0.20790 0.15618 >> 7 ms 0.14548 0.16655 0.16561 0.15107 0.14259 0.20386 0.15179 >> 8 pk 0.16246 0.14872 0.15415 0.16553 0.13372 0.25692 0.15096 >> 9 ro 0.18631 0.16128 0.14477 0.16024 0.14063 0.25915 0.19108 >> 10 rt 0.14805 0.15794 0.13665 0.15767 0.13904 0.19171 0.15511 >> 11 sc 0.15510 0.16374 0.16654 0.16864 0.14216 0.20595 0.16847 >> 12 yk 0.18077 0.17320 0.19948 0.15941 0.14053 0.23372 0.18398 >> >> Then, I stacked them score2=stack(score); >> >> values ind >> 1 0.17687 test1 >> 2 0.18020 test1 >> 3 0.14269 test1 >> 4 0.14626 test1 >> 5 0.16850 test1 >> 6 0.13741 test1 >> 7 0.14548 test1 >> 8 0.16246 test1 >> 9 0.18631 test1 >> 10 0.14805 test1 >> 11 0.15510 test1 >> 12 0.18077 test1 >> 13 0.16715 test2 >> 14 0.16618 test2 >> 15 0.12857 test2 >> . >> . >> . >> >> This gave me a new structure as shown above, but the subject column was not >> included. >> So, I'd like to add a new column for subject, but I can't quite figure out >> the trick. >> If anyone knows, please help. >> >> Jason ______________________________________________ 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.