Hello, It could be a job for tapply, but I find it more suited for ?ave.
dat <- read.table(text = " gene_id sample_1 sample_2 FL_EARLY FL_LATE 763938 Eucgr.A00054 fl_S1E fl_S1L 13.170800 22.2605 763979 Eucgr.A00101 fl_S1E fl_S1L 0.367960 14.1202 1273243 Eucgr.A00101 fl_S2 fl_S1L 0.356625 14.1202 764169 Eucgr.A00350 fl_S1E fl_S1L 7.381070 43.9275 1273433 Eucgr.A00350 fl_S2 fl_S1L 10.674500 43.9275 1273669 Eucgr.A00650 fl_S2 fl_S1L 33.669100 50.0169 764480 Eucgr.A00744 fl_S1E fl_S1L 132.429000 747.2770 1273744 Eucgr.A00744 fl_S2 fl_S1L 142.659000 747.2770 764595 Eucgr.A00890 fl_S1E fl_S1L 2.937760 14.9647 764683 Eucgr.A00990 fl_S1E fl_S1L 8.681250 48.5492 1273947 Eucgr.A00990 fl_S2 fl_S1L 10.553300 48.5492 764710 Eucgr.A01020 fl_S1E fl_S1L 0.000000 57.9273 1273974 Eucgr.A01020 fl_S2 fl_S1L 0.000000 57.9273 764756 Eucgr.A01073 fl_S1E fl_S1L 8.504710 101.1870 1274020 Eucgr.A01073 fl_S2 fl_S1L 5.400010 101.1870 764773 Eucgr.A01091 fl_S1E fl_S1L 3.448910 15.7756 764826 Eucgr.A01152 fl_S1E fl_S1L 69.565700 198.2320 764831 Eucgr.A01158 fl_S1E fl_S1L 7.265640 30.9565 764845 Eucgr.A01172 fl_S1E fl_S1L 3.248020 16.9127 764927 Eucgr.A01269 fl_S1E fl_S1L 18.710200 76.6918 ", header = TRUE) av <- ave(dat$FL_EARLY, dat$gene_id) dat$FLY_EARLY <- av Hope this helps, Rui Barradas Em 12-10-2012 16:41, Vining, Kelly escreveu:
Dear useRs, I have a slightly complicated data structure and am stuck trying to extract what I need. I'm pasting an example of this data below. In some cases, there are duplicates in the "gene_id" column because there are two different "sample 1" values for a given "sample 2" value. Where these duplicates exist, I need to average the corresponding "FL_EARLY" values and retain the "FL_LATE" value and replace those two rows with a row containing the "FL_EARLY" average so that I no longer have any "gene_id" duplicates. Seems like this is a job for some version of the apply function, but searching and puzzling over this has not gotten me anywhere. Any help will be much appreciated! Example data: gene_id sample_1 sample_2 FL_EARLY FL_LATE 763938 Eucgr.A00054 fl_S1E fl_S1L 13.170800 22.2605 763979 Eucgr.A00101 fl_S1E fl_S1L 0.367960 14.1202 1273243 Eucgr.A00101 fl_S2 fl_S1L 0.356625 14.1202 764169 Eucgr.A00350 fl_S1E fl_S1L 7.381070 43.9275 1273433 Eucgr.A00350 fl_S2 fl_S1L 10.674500 43.9275 1273669 Eucgr.A00650 fl_S2 fl_S1L 33.669100 50.0169 764480 Eucgr.A00744 fl_S1E fl_S1L 132.429000 747.2770 1273744 Eucgr.A00744 fl_S2 fl_S1L 142.659000 747.2770 764595 Eucgr.A00890 fl_S1E fl_S1L 2.937760 14.9647 764683 Eucgr.A00990 fl_S1E fl_S1L 8.681250 48.5492 1273947 Eucgr.A00990 fl_S2 fl_S1L 10.553300 48.5492 764710 Eucgr.A01020 fl_S1E fl_S1L 0.000000 57.9273 1273974 Eucgr.A01020 fl_S2 fl_S1L 0.000000 57.9273 764756 Eucgr.A01073 fl_S1E fl_S1L 8.504710 101.1870 1274020 Eucgr.A01073 fl_S2 fl_S1L 5.400010 101.1870 764773 Eucgr.A01091 fl_S1E fl_S1L 3.448910 15.7756 764826 Eucgr.A01152 fl_S1E fl_S1L 69.565700 198.2320 764831 Eucgr.A01158 fl_S1E fl_S1L 7.265640 30.9565 764845 Eucgr.A01172 fl_S1E fl_S1L 3.248020 16.9127 764927 Eucgr.A01269 fl_S1E fl_S1L 18.710200 76.6918 --Kelly V. [[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.
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