Turns out my column and row names were too long to fit in the console and when I widened the window the table didn't automatically adjust and widen as well. I had to widen the console first and then retype the same command so it fit. Silly mistake. I usually keep the console pretty narrow on my laptop and never considered that would change the format.
Thanks for all the help - I'm sure I'll be back again very soon with more questions!! On Jul 23, 2015 4:53 PM, "Bert Gunter" <bgunter.4...@gmail.com> wrote: > Oops, Bill's reply and mine crossed in the email. His is essentially > the same as mine except probably more efficient. > > > -- Bert > Bert Gunter > > "Data is not information. Information is not knowledge. And knowledge > is certainly not wisdom." > -- Clifford Stoll > > > On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 2:44 PM, William Dunlap <wdun...@tibco.com> wrote: > > You could do something like the following > > > rowsToShiftLeft <- c(2,4,5) # 4, not the 3 that was in the original > post > > > mat <- as.matrix(df_start) > > > mat[rowsToShiftLeft, 1:3] <- mat[rowsToShiftLeft, 2:4] > > > result <- data.frame(mat[, 1:3], stringsAsFactors=FALSE) > > > str(result) > > 'data.frame': 5 obs. of 3 variables: > > $ v0: chr "a" "b" "c" "d" ... > > $ v1: chr "1" "2" "3" "4" ... > > $ v2: chr "6" "7" "8" "9" ... > > You will then have to convert the columns which ought to be numeric > > to numeric. (All the columns in df_start were factors because of the > > extra xxx that offset some of them.) > > > > > > Bill Dunlap > > TIBCO Software > > wdunlap tibco.com > > > > On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 1:19 PM, maxbre <mbres...@arpa.veneto.it> wrote: > > > >> sorry but honestly I do not get your point > >> > >> I need to shift to left by one position (i.e. one column) the entire > rows > >> 2,4,5 of "df_start" so that to obtain as final result the structure > >> indicated in "df_end" > >> > >> I know in advance the rows that I need to shift > >> > >> hope it clears a bit, now > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> View this message in context: > >> > http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/shift-by-one-column-given-rows-in-a-dataframe-tp4710256p4710276.html > >> Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > >> > >> ______________________________________________ > >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > >> 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]] > > > > ______________________________________________ > > R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > > 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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > 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]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.
