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I am still not sure what do you really want to achieve so below are some points From: Vincy Pyne [mailto:vincy_p...@yahoo.ca] Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 10:09 AM To: PIKAL Petr Subject: How to append the random no.s for different variables in the same data.frame Dear Mr Petr Sir, I sincerely apologize to you for taking the liberty of writing to you. I thank you for your valuable solution you have given. However, I am missing some point and request you to please guide me if possible. I am giving my original R code below. # ..................................................................................... library(plyr) ead_mc = function(product, output_avg, output_stdev) { product_usage_borrowing_room_mc = rnorm(n, output_avg, output_stdev) Here you create random numbers with some mean and sd # I need to store these random no.s for all products in a single data frame. product_usage_borrowing_room_mc_filtered1 <- subset(product_usage_borrowing_room_mc, product_usage_borrowing_room_mc > 0) product_usage_borrowing_room_mc_filtered <- subset(product_usage_borrowing_room_mc_filtered1, product_usage_borrowing_room_mc_filtered1 <= 100) Here you drop values over 100 and below 0 Why don't you use runif(n, 0,100)? Anyway, I still am rather in doubt what do you want to achieve further. Without knowing how your data look like it is really difficult to provide some help. What was wrong on the code I suggested to you? Here is some modification based on information snippets from your mail. mydf <-data.frame(product = rep(letters[1:3], each=10)) mydf$monte<-1 mydf$monte<-unlist(lapply(split(mydf$monte, mydf$product), function(x) rnorm(x, 10, 10))) selection <- mydf$monte>0&mydf$monte<=100 mydf_filt<-mydf[selection, ] mydf_filt$m<-ave(mydf_filt$monte, mydf_filt$product, FUN=mean) mydf_filt$sd<-ave(mydf_filt$monte, mydf_filt$product, FUN=sd) head(mydf_filt) product monte m sd 1 a 3.978948 12.83564 7.240065 2 a 16.889179 12.83564 7.240065 3 a 13.062089 12.83564 7.240065 4 a 12.458633 12.83564 7.240065 5 a 23.495197 12.83564 7.240065 7 a 3.291643 12.83564 7.240065 Gives you one data frame with column of random numbers between 0 and 100 and column of means and sd for each product. Is this what do you want? If not, please elaborate on such toy data what do you have and what do you want as a result. Regards Petr selection <- product_usage_borrowing_room_mc > 0 & product_usage_borrowing_room_mc <= 100 product_usage_borrowing_room_mc_filtered <- product_usage_borrowing_room_mc[selection , ] output_avg_mc = mean(product_usage_borrowing_room_mc_filtered) output_stdev_mc = sd(product_usage_borrowing_room_mc_filtered) product_usage_borrowing_room_mc_filtered_sorted = sort(product_usage_borrowing_room_mc_filtered, decreasing = FALSE) ead_monte_carlo = product_usage_borrowing_room_mc_filtered_sorted[alpha*length(product_usage_borrowing_room_mc_filtered_sorted)] return(list(output_avg_mc, output_stdev_mc, ead_monte_carlo)) } result <- dlply(.data = filtered_new, .variables = "product", .fun = function(x) ead_mc(product = x$product, output_avg = x$output_avg, output_stdev = x$output_stdev)) # End of Code # --------------------------------------------------------------- In the first line of function, I have used product_usage_borrowing_room_mc = rnorm(n, output_avg, output_stdev) So when for a given product this loop (i.e. function) is run, a new set of random no.s is stored. My return statement gives me a different required output which is my main requirement. Simply put, when the loop is run, I need to store the random no.s in a single data.frame for all products. Sir, I once again apologize for taking this liberty of writing to you. The attached zip file gives the R code and related input files if in case you will like to see. Thanking you and will certainly appreciate if you kindly guide me. With warm regards Vincy [[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.