Hi r-help-boun...@r-project.org napsal dne 28.07.2009 17:34:35: > I am currently summarising a data set by collapsing data based on common
> identifiers in a column. I am using the 'aggregate' function to summarise > numeric columns, i.e. "aggregate(dat[,3], list(dat$gene), mean)". I also wish > to summarise text columns e.g. by concatenating values in a comma separated > list, but the aggregate function can only return scalar values and so > something like "aggregate(dat[,3], list(dat$gene), cat)" will not work. Is > there a simple function like aggregate that works for strings in R? Try aggregate(dat[,3], list(dat$gene), paste, collapse=",") Regards Petr > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > AstraZeneca UK Limited is a company incorporated in Engl...{{dropped:21}} > > ______________________________________________ > 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. ______________________________________________ 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.