Hi, I am trying to aggregate the sum of my test data.frame as follow:
testDF <- data.frame(v1 = c("a", "a", "a", "a", "a", "b", "b", "b", "b", "b", "c", "c", "c", "c", "c", "d", "d", "d", "d", "d"), v2 = c("a1", "a1", "a1", "a2", "a3", "b1", "b1", "b2", "b2", "b2", "c1", "c2", "c2", "c2", "c3", "d1", "d2", "d3", "d4", "d4"), n1 = 1:20, n2 = 21:40 ) testDF <- orderBy( ~ v1+v2, data = testDF) rownames(testDF) <- NULL > testDF v1 v2 n1 n2 1 a a1 1 21 2 a a1 2 22 3 a a1 3 23 4 a a2 4 24 5 a a3 5 25 6 b b1 6 26 7 b b1 7 27 8 b b2 8 28 9 b b2 9 29 10 b b2 10 30 11 c c1 11 31 12 c c2 12 32 13 c c2 13 33 14 c c2 14 34 15 c c3 15 35 16 d d1 16 36 17 d d2 17 37 18 d d3 18 38 19 d d4 19 39 20 d d4 20 40 > testDF.result <- aggregate(list(testDF$n1, testDF$n2), by = list(testDF$v1, testDF$v2), FUN = sum) > testDF.result Group.1 Group.2 X1.20 X21.40 1 a a1 6 66 2 a a2 4 24 3 a a3 5 25 4 b b1 13 53 5 b b2 27 87 6 c c1 11 31 7 c c2 39 99 8 c c3 15 35 9 d d1 16 36 10 d d2 17 37 11 d d3 18 38 12 d d4 39 79 > However, when I applied it to my real data, it failed. It seems that aggregate require more memory that I have currently (I am using WinXP, R2.8.0, 2GB RAM). Basically I want to perform aggregate sum on my numeric fields (in the above case, n1 and n2) based on condition of v1 and v2. Problem is, I have a lot more of than just two numerics and conditioning fields. In SQL, I would do: select v1, v2, sum(n1), sum(n2) from myData group by v1, v2; Am I using a wrong function / library (or even wrong approach)? If so, can you suggest which one? Any pointer is really appreciated. Thanks, Ferry [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ 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.