If the order of people in the original data frame is important, one more line matches your example output:
> d$person <- factor(d$person, levels=unique(as.character(d$person))) > table(d) group person a b c d Sam 1 1 1 0 Greg 1 0 0 0 Tom 0 1 1 1 Mary 0 1 0 1 ---------------------------------------------- David L Carlson Associate Professor of Anthropology Texas A&M University College Station, TX 77843-4352 > -----Original Message----- > From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces@r- > project.org] On Behalf Of William Dunlap > Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2013 10:47 AM > To: Sebastian Haunss; r-help@r-project.org > Subject: Re: [R] adjacency list to non-symmetric matrix > > Try table(): > > adj <- table(d) # 'd' is your data.frame > > adj > group > person a b c d > Greg 1 0 0 0 > Mary 0 1 0 1 > Sam 1 1 1 0 > Tom 0 1 1 1 > If you have duplicate rows in the d then it will > tally them up. You can can convert positives to > 1's with adj[adj>0] <- 1. > > Bill Dunlap > Spotfire, TIBCO Software > wdunlap tibco.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces@r- > project.org] On Behalf > > Of Sebastian Haunss > > Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2013 1:07 AM > > To: r-help@r-project.org > > Subject: [R] adjacency list to non-symmetric matrix > > > > Dear R community, > > > > is there an easy way to convert an adjacency list (or a data-frame) > to a non-symmetric > > matrix? > > > > The adjacency list has the following form: > > > > person group > > 1 Sam a > > 2 Sam b > > 3 Sam c > > 4 Greg a > > 5 Tom b > > 6 Tom c > > 7 Tom d > > 8 Mary b > > 9 Mary d > > > > I need the data in a matrix with persons as rows and groups as > columns: > > > > a b c d > > Sam 1 1 1 0 > > Greg 1 0 0 0 > > Tom 0 1 1 1 > > Mary 0 1 0 1 > > > > I know that there are several possibilities in some of the network > packages to convert > > adjacency lists to symmetric or sparse matrices, but I couldn't find > a way to coerce them > > into affiliation matrices. > > > > > > kind regards > > Sebastian > > > > -- > > > > PD Dr. Sebastian Haunss > > SfB 597 - Transformations of the State > > Universität Bremen > > Linzer Str. 9a > > 28359 Bremen > > T: +49-(0)421-218-56654 > > http://shaunss.ipgovernance.eu/ > > > > Recently published: > > Haunss, Sebastian (2012), “Gewalt und Gewaltlosigkeit in sozialen > Bewegungen”, > > Forschungsjournal Soziale Bewegungen 25(4): 6–16. > > Leifeld, Philip, and Sebastian Haunss (2012), “Political Discourse > Networks and the > > Conflict over Software Patents in Europe”, European Journal of > Political Research 51(3): > > 382–409. > > > > ______________________________________________ > > 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. ______________________________________________ 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.