Hi, A big thanks to everyone who replied. But special ones to Berend for pointing out my mistakes, that will really help me in future.
Cheers ! On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 11:19 PM, Berend Hasselman <b...@xs4all.nl> wrote: > > On 26-11-2013, at 15:59, Burhan ul haq <ulh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > My problem is as follows: > > > > INPUT: > > "Frequency" from one column and value of "Piglets" from another one > > > > OUTPUT: > > Repeat this "Piglet" value as per the "Frequency" > > i.e. > > Piglet 1, Frequency 3, implies 1,1,1 > > Piglet 7, Frequency 2, implies 7,7 > > > > SOLUTION: > > This is what I have tried so far: > > > > 1. A helper function: > >> dput(fn.1) > > function (df.1, vt.1) > > { > > i = c(1) > > for (i in seq_along(dim(df.1)[1])) { > > print(i) > > temp = rep(df.1$Piglets[i], df.1$Frequency[i]) > > append(vt.1, values = temp) > > } > > } > > > > There is a lot wrong with your function. > You should assign the result of append to vt.1 > The function should return vt.1 > Use seq_len instead of seq_along. > > The function should be something like this > > fn.1 <- function (df.1, vt.1) > { > for (i in seq_len(length.out=dim(df.1)[1])) { > print(i) > temp = rep(df.1$Piglets[i], df.1$Frequency[i]) > vt.1 <- append(vt.1, values = temp) > } > vt.1 > } > > But Sarahs solution is the way to go. > > Berend > > > > 2. A dummy data frame: > >> dput(df.1) > > structure(list(Piglets = 5:14, Frequency = c(1L, 0L, 2L, 3L, > > 3L, 9L, 8L, 5L, 3L, 2L)), .Names = c("Piglets", "Frequency"), class = > > "data.frame", row.names = c(NA, > > -10L)) > > > > 3. A dummy vector to hold results: > >> dput(vt.1) > > 1 > > > > 4. Finally the function call: > > fn.1(df.1, vt.1) > > > > 5. The results is: > > [1] 1 > > > > PROBLEM: > > The result is not a repetition of Piglet value as per their respective > > frequencies. > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance for guidance and help. > > > > CheeRs ! > > > > > > p.s I have used caps for my heading / sections, nothing else is implied > by > > their use. > > > > [[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. > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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