Your example makes no sense (to me, anyway). Please check it carefully. Note that the count in rows 2 and 3 increment but the counts in rows 5-7 or rows 8-9 do not. So your specification seems inconsistent to me.
Bert Gunter "The trouble with having an open mind is that people keep coming along and sticking things into it." -- Opus (aka Berkeley Breathed in his "Bloom County" comic strip ) On Fri, Jul 2, 2021 at 3:27 PM Yuan Chun Ding <ycd...@coh.org> wrote: > > Hi R users, > > In this test file, > test <- data.frame(group1=c("g1", "g1", "g1", "g2", "g2", "g2", "g2", "g2", > "g2"), > group2=c("k1", "a2", "a2", "c5", "n6", > "n6", "n6", "m10","m10"), > count= c( 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, > 2, 2, 3, 3 )); > > I have group 1 and group2 variable and want to add the count variable to > sequentially count unique rows defined by group1 and group2. > > I hope to use the following functions in library (tidyverse), No one worked > well. > test %>% group_by(group1, group2) %>% mutate(count = row_number()) > test %>% group_by(group1, group2) %>% mutate(count = 1:n()) > test %>% group_by(group1, group2) %>% mutate(count = seq_len(n())) > test %>% group_by(group1, group2) %>% mutate(count = seq_along(group1, > group2)) > > Can you help me to make the third column in the test data frame? > > Thank you, > > Ding > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------------------------------------------------------------ > -SECURITY/CONFIDENTIALITY WARNING- > > This message and any attachments are intended solely for the individual or > entity to which they are addressed. This communication may contain > information that is privileged, confidential, or exempt from disclosure under > applicable law (e.g., personal health information, research data, financial > information). Because this e-mail has been sent without encryption, > individuals other than the intended recipient may be able to view the > information, forward it to others or tamper with the information without the > knowledge or consent of the sender. If you are not the intended recipient, or > the employee or person responsible for delivering the message to the intended > recipient, any dissemination, distribution or copying of the communication is > strictly prohibited. If you received the communication in error, please > notify the sender immediately by replying to this message and deleting the > message and any accompanying files from your system. If, due to the security > risks, you do not wish to r eceive further communications via e-mail, please reply to this message and inform the sender that you do not wish to receive further e-mail from the sender. (LCP301) > > ______________________________________________ > 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.