try: tapply(data,factor-vectors,avg.f, part)
On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 1:41 PM, Wolfgang Waser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > the following problem is still beyond my R-knowledge: > > I have one data vector containing the signal from 4 channels that are measured > subsequently and in repeating cycles (with one factor vector for cycle and > one for channel identification). > > To extract the mean of each channel during each cycle tapply is the method of > choice. However, I cannot use the whole measuring period for each channel as > marked in the factor vector since the hardware switching between channels > causes some transients in the signal which should not be included when > calculating the mean. > > > Instead of using "mean" as function within tapply, I used the following set of > functions: > > > start_end.f <- function(x) { c(length(x)*(1-part),length(x)) } > > > to define the part of the data to use (e.g. part=0.5 the last 50% of the total > period), > > #(part has so far been set universally once for the whole analysis, but see > below)# > > > avg.f <- function(x) { > range <- start_end.f(x) > mean(x[range[1]:range[2]]) > } > > > and then > > > tapply(data,factor-vectors,avg.f) > > > to extract the mean of a subsample of the total measuring period of each > channel. > > > The problem now is that I have several signals and different 'parts' should be > analysed for each, so functions have to be changed to > > start_end.f <- function(x,part) { ... } > > avg.f <- function(x,part) > range <- start_end.f(x,part) > mean(x[range[1]:range[2]]) > } > > > However, this causes an error > > > Error in FUN(X[[1L]], ...) : argument "part" is missing, with no default <- > > > since tapply seems to be unable to pass more than x to the function called > > > > Is there a way to pass variables to the function called in tapply other than > the dataset extracted by tapply? > > > > Thanks for any help > > Wolfgang > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > -- Jim Holtman Cincinnati, OH +1 513 646 9390 What is the problem that you are trying to solve? ______________________________________________ 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.