If I understand, you can try this:
DF <- data.frame(X = rep(1:3, each = 4), A = rnorm(12), B = rnorm(12))
aggregate(DF[,c("A", "B")], list(DF$X), mean)
On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 10:57 PM, R_help Help <rhelp...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> To set a simple an clear picture of what I'd like to do, here is an
> example.
> I would like to calculate mean of column A and B bucketed by factor in
> column X in a data.frame. lapply or aggregate operates on a single column.
> I
> found dapply function in some package which doesn't seem to exist any more.
>
> Is there anyway that I can accomplish something like this? Thank you so
> much
> in advance.
>
> adschai
>
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