Dear All, I have a vector x (as a factor, see below) for which I'd like to know frequencies for each level of the factor itself. I generally use "tapply function" for that but it gave to me an unespected result as you can see and according my knowledge of R language and if my memory did not fail.
x <- c(16056,16056,16056,16056,16056,16056,16056,16057,16057,16057,16058,16060 ,16060,16060,16061,16061,16062,16062,16062,16062,16062,16063,16064,16065 ,16073,16076,16076,16076,16076,16077,16078,16079,16080,16083,16083,16084 ,16086,16086,16087,16087,16088,16088,16088,16088,16088,16088,16088,16088 ,16089,16089,16089,16089,16090,16090,16090,16090,16092,16092,16092,16092 ,16092,16092,16093,16093,16093,16093,16093,16094,16094,16094,16094,16094 ,16094,16094,16094,16095,16095,16095,16095,16095,16095,16095,16095,16095 ,16095,16095,16095,16095,16095,16095,16096,16096,16096,16096,16096,16097 ,16097,16097,16097,16098,16098,16098,16098,16098,16099,16099,16099,16100 ,16100,16101,16101,16103,16106,16109,16110,16112,16114,16116,16117,16117 ,16119,16119,16120,16121,16121,16121,16122,16122,16122,16122,16122,16123 ,16123,16123,16123,16123,16123,16124,16124,16124,16125,16125,16125,16126 ,16126,16126,16127,16127,16128,16128,16129,16129,16129,16129,16130,16131 ,16131,16131,16131,16131,16131,16132,16132,16133,16133,16133,16133,16134 ,16134,16134,16134,16134,16135,16137,16137,16137,16137,16137,16137,16137 ,16138,16138,16138,16138,16138,16138,16138,16138,16138,16139,16139,16139 ,16139,16139,16140,16140,16140,16140,16140,16142,16142,16143,16143,16143 ,16143,16144,16144,16144,16144,16144,16144,16145,16145,16145,16146,16146 ,16146,16146,16146,16147,16147,16147,16150,16151,16151,16153,16154,16155 ,16155,16155,16155,16157,16158) x <- factor(x) tapply(x,x,fun=length) [1] 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 4 4 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 7 8 9 10 [26] 11 11 11 11 12 13 14 15 16 16 17 18 18 19 19 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 21 21 [51] 21 21 22 22 22 22 23 23 23 23 23 23 24 24 24 24 24 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 [76] 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 27 27 27 27 27 28 28 28 28 29 [101] 29 29 29 29 30 30 30 31 31 32 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 40 41 41 42 43 43 [126] 43 44 44 44 44 44 45 45 45 45 45 45 46 46 46 47 47 47 48 48 48 49 49 50 50 [151] 51 51 51 51 52 53 53 53 53 53 53 54 54 55 55 55 55 56 56 56 56 56 57 58 58 [176] 58 58 58 58 58 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 60 60 60 60 60 61 61 61 61 61 62 [201] 62 63 63 63 63 64 64 64 64 64 64 65 65 65 66 66 66 66 66 67 67 67 68 69 69 [226] 70 71 72 72 72 72 73 74 table(x) x 16056 16057 16058 16060 16061 16062 16063 16064 16065 16073 16076 16077 16078 7 3 1 3 2 5 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 16079 16080 16083 16084 16086 16087 16088 16089 16090 16092 16093 16094 16095 1 1 2 1 2 2 8 4 4 6 5 8 15 16096 16097 16098 16099 16100 16101 16103 16106 16109 16110 16112 16114 16116 5 4 5 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 16117 16119 16120 16121 16122 16123 16124 16125 16126 16127 16128 16129 16130 2 2 1 3 5 6 3 3 3 2 2 4 1 16131 16132 16133 16134 16135 16137 16138 16139 16140 16142 16143 16144 16145 6 2 4 5 1 7 9 5 5 2 4 6 3 16146 16147 16150 16151 16153 16154 16155 16157 16158 5 3 1 2 1 1 4 1 1 > # By looking tapply function help why the table's output is different from tapply's output? # Anyone could help to me, please? Massimiliano -- Massimiliano Tripoli Collaboratore T.E.R. scado il 31/12/2014 ISTAT - DCCN - Direzione Centrale della Contabilità Nazionale U.O. Contabilità dei flussi di materia del sistema economico - CSA/C Via Depretis, 74/B 00184 Roma Tel. 06.4673.3132 E-mail: mtrip...@istat.it Precedentemente: Collaboratore T.E.R. Dipartimento DICS Dipartimento per i conti nazionali e le statistiche economiche Direzione DCCN Direzione Centrale della contabilità nazionale Servizio FIP Servizio Statistiche della Finanza Pubblica Ufficio FIP/E U.O. Conti trimestrali delle amministrazioni pubbliche e conti della sanità Via Depretis, 74/B 00184 Roma Tel. 06.4673.3132 E-mail: mtrip...@istat.it ______________________________________________ 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.