You can use the 'reshape' package:
> x <- read.table(textConnection(" Grp X0 X3 X6
> X12 X25 X50
+ 1 C 0.5326517 0.6930942 0.9403883 1.157571 2.483117 2.809012
+ 2 C 0.4715917 0.8613200 2.0706117 2.937632 7.530960 7.120678
+ 3 C 0.5021217 0.7772071 1.5055000 2.047601 5.007038 4.964845
+ 4 E 0.5845200 0.6439033 0.8221400 2.148100 1.862153 12.412500
+ 5 E 0.2985675 0.6561142 1.0987058 2.842180 4.057899 2.319930
+ 6 E 1.7854500 1.9813878 1.8340700 3.507966 1.120367 2.603823
+ 7 E 6.4370500 2.2302000 18.5271000 17.139600 22.978400 7.116638
+ 8 E 2.2763969 1.3779013 5.5705040 6.409461 7.504704 6.113223
+ 9 T 0.9649327 0.9825045 1.0099582 1.713536 4.652827 3.877736
+ 10 T 2.0774727 2.4916545 4.0087455 8.183382 26.381091 26.279636
+ 11 T 2.2527000 2.6311091 3.1711727 4.316418 9.255364 28.771473
+ 12 T 1.3989636 1.7640273 2.5264636 4.712164 23.606545 32.030000
+ 13 T 1.4211167 1.5128417 1.7613583 2.351858 8.411725 55.448000
+ 14 T 1.5992167 2.2668167 2.5927667 2.947150 6.025300 24.984767
+ 15 T 2.9468333 3.3383667 3.1090667 3.244675 3.037425 2.679587
+ 16 T 1.0867725 1.7652583 2.0307008 5.201625 8.279975 14.693583
+ 17 T 1.7185010 2.0940723 2.5262791 4.083851 11.206282
23.595598"), header=TRUE)
> closeAllConnections()
> require(reshape)
Loading required package: reshape
Loading required package: plyr
> x.m <- melt(x)
Using Grp as id variables
>
> head(x.m)
Grp variable value
1 C X0 0.5326517
2 C X0 0.4715917
3 C X0 0.5021217
4 E X0 0.5845200
5 E X0 0.2985675
6 E X0 1.7854500
>
On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 4:59 PM, Veerappa Chetty <chett...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,I would like to reshape the following "wide" data set to "long" form. I
> would appreciate help with the correct code for "reshape". I tried a few
> unsuccessfully.
> Thanks.
> Chetty
> __________________________________________________
> dat.1
>
> Grp X0 X3 X6 X12 X25
> X501 C 0.5326517 0.6930942 0.9403883 1.157571 2.483117 2.809012
> 2 C 0.4715917 0.8613200 2.0706117 2.937632 7.530960 7.120678
> 3 C 0.5021217 0.7772071 1.5055000 2.047601 5.007038 4.964845
> 4 E 0.5845200 0.6439033 0.8221400 2.148100 1.862153 12.412500
> 5 E 0.2985675 0.6561142 1.0987058 2.842180 4.057899 2.319930
> 6 E 1.7854500 1.9813878 1.8340700 3.507966 1.120367 2.603823
> 7 E 6.4370500 2.2302000 18.5271000 17.139600 22.978400 7.116638
> 8 E 2.2763969 1.3779013 5.5705040 6.409461 7.504704 6.113223
> 9 T 0.9649327 0.9825045 1.0099582 1.713536 4.652827 3.877736
> 10 T 2.0774727 2.4916545 4.0087455 8.183382 26.381091 26.279636
> 11 T 2.2527000 2.6311091 3.1711727 4.316418 9.255364 28.771473
> 12 T 1.3989636 1.7640273 2.5264636 4.712164 23.606545 32.030000
> 13 T 1.4211167 1.5128417 1.7613583 2.351858 8.411725 55.448000
> 14 T 1.5992167 2.2668167 2.5927667 2.947150 6.025300 24.984767
> 15 T 2.9468333 3.3383667 3.1090667 3.244675 3.037425 2.679587
> 16 T 1.0867725 1.7652583 2.0307008 5.201625 8.279975 14.693583
> 17 T 1.7185010 2.0940723 2.5262791 4.083851 11.206282 23.595598
>
>
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