Try this:
If cycle.number is ordered:
do.call(rbind, lapply(split(x, x$ID), tail, 1))
On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 12:36 PM, caroline choong <carolinevcho...@gmail.com
> wrote:
> Dear all,
> I have a data set as follows:
>
> ID cycle.number cycle.result
> 1 2525 1 38
> 2 2525 2 38
> 3 2525 3 25
> 4 2525 4 25
> 5 2525 5 25
> 6 2525 6 25
> 7 2531 1 38
> 8 2531 2 38
> 9 2078 1 38
> 10 2078 2 38
>
> I want to find out the maximum cycle.number for each ID, and later find the
> corresponding cycle.result for that cycle.
>
> I have already managed to pull out the maximum cycle by using a for loop:
>
> max.cycle <- vector()
> patients <- (levels(factor(ID)))
> for (i in 1:length(patients)) {
>
> max.cycle[i] <- max(cycle.number[(ID %in% patients[i] )])
>
> }
>
> But i would like to know if there is a better or more elegant way of
> pulling
> out the maximum cycle.number for each ID? Perhaps without the need for
> using
> a for loop?
>
> Many thanks,
> Caroline
>
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