G'day Shuba,
On Thu, 15 May 2008 12:18:58 +0530
"Shubha Vishwanath Karanth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Getting a strange result using ?apply. Please look into the below
> codes:
>
> d=data.frame(a=c(1,2,3),b=c("A","B","C"),c=c(TRUE,FALSE,FALSE),d=c(T,F,F))
>
> > class(d[,1])
>
> [1] "numeric"
>
> > class(d[,2])
>
> [1] "factor"
>
> > class(d[,3])
>
> [1] "logical"
>
> > class(d[,4])
>
> [1] "logical"
>
> > apply(d,2,class)
>
> a b c d
>
> "character" "character" "character" "character"
[....]
> Why is this so?
?apply
The first argument to apply is an *array*, not a data.frame. In an
array, all elements have to be of the same type, so when your
data.frame is coerced into an array the target type of the coercion
depends on which components you select.
> How do I get the actual classes of columns of my dataframe d?
Something like:
R> lapply(d, class)
$a
[1] "numeric"
$b
[1] "factor"
$c
[1] "logical"
$d
[1] "logical"
could be used.
HTH.
Best wishes,
Berwin
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