Try this:
> with(unique(d), tapply(var1, var3, sum))
a1 b1 c1 d1
2 1 1 1
2009/9/1 Ronaldo Reis Júnior <chrys...@gmail.com>:
> Hi,
>
> this is a simple question
>
> I have this data.frame:
>
>> test <-
> data.frame(var1=c(1,1,1,1,1,1),var2=c("a","a","b","c","d","e"),var3=c("a1","a1","b1","a1","c1","d1"))
>> test
> var1 var2 var3
> 1 1 a a1
> 2 1 a a1
> 3 1 b b1
> 4 1 c a1
> 5 1 d c1
> 6 1 e d1
>
> Then I need to calculate the number of var3 excluding the repeated measure of
> var2.
>
> With tapply I have this:
>
>> tapply(test$var1,test$var3,sum)
> a1 b1 c1 d1
> 3 1 1 1
>
> But the correct result is:
>
> a1 b1 c1 d1
> 2 1 1 1
>
> because on factor "a1" in var3 I have 2 repeated factor "a" in var2.
>
> I try a simple solution for it but without success. aggregate function dont
> work with factors (var3 by var1).
>
> Anybody have an idea?
>
> Thanks
> Ronaldo
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