Hi Kristi, The first part is relatively easy: # change first line to x$time<-factor(x$time,levels=c("t1","t2","t3","t4","t10","t21"))
As you have specified "site" as the second element in "x", not the third, perhaps you just want: x<-structure(list(vs = structure(c(1L, 1L, 2L, 3L, 4L, 2L, 3L, 1L, 1L), .Label = c("vs1", "vs2", "vs3", "vs4"), class = "factor"), time = structure(c(1L, 3L, 5L, 1L, 5L, 1L, 6L, 2L, 4L), .Label = c("t1", "t10", "t2", "t21", "t3", "t4"), class = "factor")), site = structure(c(1L, 2L, 3L, 1L, 3L, 1L, 3L, 1L, 2L), .Label = c("A", "B", "D"), class = "factor"), .Names = c("vs", "time", "site"), class = "data.frame", row.names = c(NA, -9L)) Jim On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 7:41 PM, Kristi Glover <kristi.glo...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hi R Users, > I was trying to make a matrix with three variables (x,y, z), but y > variable (columns) names did not stay in its sequential order, > t1,t2,t3,---t21; rather the matrix columns automatically appeared as > a t1,t10, t2,t20 etc. Besides these, z value (sites) did not come in the > right place (meaning in right columns name). I am wondering how I can make > the matrix with the sequential order with right z value (site). I tried it > several ways but did not work. One of the examples I used is given here. > Would you mind to give me a mints? > > x<-structure(list(vs = structure(c(1L, 1L, 2L, 3L, 4L, 2L, 3L, 1L, > 1L), .Label = c("vs1", "vs2", "vs3", "vs4"), class = "factor"), > site = structure(c(1L, 2L, 3L, 1L, 3L, 1L, 3L, 1L, 2L), .Label = > c("A", > "B", "D"), class = "factor"), time = structure(c(1L, 3L, > 5L, 1L, 5L, 1L, 6L, 2L, 4L), .Label = c("t1", "t10", "t2", > "t21", "t3", "t4"), class = "factor")), .Names = c("vs", > "site", "time"), class = "data.frame", row.names = c(NA, -9L)) > > > x$time<-factor(x$time) > tmp <- split(x, x$vs) > tmp1 <- do.call(rbind, lapply(tmp, function(x){ > tb <- table(x$time) > idx <- which(tb>0) > tb1 <- replace(tb, idx, as.character(x$site)) > })) > > > tmp1 > > > ## I want the z (site) in respective columns. > > ______________________________________________ > 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.