in this case you can use ave(), e.g., say 'dat' is the name of your data
frame, then try this:
dat$NoCaps <- ave(dat$Id, dat$Id, FUN = length)
dat
I hope it helps.
Best,
Dimitris
clion wrote:
Hi there.
I collectad data of several animals (Id) that were caught and measured at
several occasions.
The dataframe looks like this:
Grouped Data: mass ~ age | Id
Id age mass
1 1 5.4
1 3 6.2
1 15 10.0
2 3 8.1
2 10 12.8
3 2 5.9
3 10 7.1
3 15 15.4
3 17 16.2
Now, I would like to add a column that shows the number of captures per
Animal (so it'll look like this:)
Id .... NoCaps
1 .... 3
1 .... 3
1 .... 3
2 .... 2
2 .... 2
3 .... 4
3 .... 4
....
I understand that with
tapply(Id,Id, length)
I can find out how many times each animal was caught, but how do I get this
information into an extra column? I'm sure, this is an easy question, but
I'm lost, where to find the answer, or especially where to look it up. if
this is not a new question, please give me the key words to look for it...
thanks in advance
--
Dimitris Rizopoulos
Assistant Professor
Department of Biostatistics
Erasmus Medical Center
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