Thanks Jim, Further from this; the data I have doen't appear to be that complete for some species e.g
result$MOO 1992 2000 2002 3060 1300 1300 How can I change this list into a time series so that I can create a meaningful plot e.g. 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 3060 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1300 0 1300 0 0 0 2006 2007 2008 2009 0 0 0 0 Once again, your help is much appreciated. James jholtman wrote: > > Instead of creating a lot of variables, work with a list. Since you > did not supply any test data, I will make a guess at the code would be > like: > > result <- lapply(split(newdataset, newdataset$target_species), > function(.spec){ > tappy(.spec$total_hook_num, .spec$year, sum) > }) > > You can summarize from this list to the species easily by something like > this: > > sapply(result, sum) > > but I would have to see the data to be sure. > > On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 4:26 PM, jimdare <jamesdar...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Dear R users, >> >> The code below splits a dataset by "target_species" and then further >> splits >> each target species group by year. Finally the sum of a variable called >> "total_hook_num" is calculated and then assigned a name based on >> (paste(a$target_species[1],a$year[1],sep=""). >> >> newsplit<-split(newdataset,list(newdataset$target_species)) >> for(i in newsplit){ >> >> by.year<-split(i,list(i$year)) >> for(a in by.year){ >> assign(paste(a$target_species[1],a$year[1],sep=""),sum(a$total_hook_num)) >> } >> } >> >> The end result is a single value for the number of hooks in a particular >> year for a particular species (e.g. YFN2005<-2320) for every >> species/year. >> This results in number of individual objects being created, as you can >> see >> from ls(). I need to bind objects that have the same "target_speices" >> name, >> in order of year e.g. ALBtimeseries<-cbind(ALB1989, >> ALB2990,.....,ALB2009). >> >> My questions are: is there a way to do this by working cbind into the >> loop; >> and if not, is there a way to bind objects that have a common name e.g. >> all >> ALB****? >> >> Thank you very much for your time, it's much appreciated. >> James >> >>> ls() >> [1] "a" "ALB1989" "ALB1990" "ALB1991" "ALB1992" >> [6] "ALB1993" "ALB1994" "ALB1995" "ALB1996" "ALB1997" >> [11] "ALB1998" "ALB1999" "ALB2000" "ALB2001" "ALB2002" >> [16] "ALB2003" "ALB2004" "ALB2005" "ALB2006" "ALB2007" >> [21] "ALB2008" "ALB2009" "BIG1990" "BIG1991" "BIG1992" >> [26] "BIG1993" "BIG1994" "BIG1995" "BIG1996" "BIG1997" >> [31] "BIG1998" "BIG1999" "BIG2000" "BIG2001" "BIG2002" >> [36] "BIG2003" "BIG2004" "BIG2005" "BIG2006" "BIG2007" >> [41] "BIG2008" "BIG2009" "BTU1992" "BTU2001" "BTU2004" >> [46] "BWS2000" "by.year" "data1" "data2" "datacomb" >> [51] "i" "logic" "logic2" "MAK1992" "MOO1992" >> [56] "MOO2000" "MOO2002" "newdataset" "newsplit" "NTU1994" >> [61] "NTU1995" "NTU1996" "NTU1997" "NTU1998" "NTU1999" >> [66] "NTU2000" "NTU2001" "NTU2002" "NTU2003" "NTU2004" >> [71] "NTU2005" "NTU2007" "NTU2008" "NTU2009" "SKJ1990" >> [76] "SKJ1996" "SKJ1998" "SKJ2003" "STM1992" "STM1995" >> [81] "STM1996" "STM1999" "STM2000" "STM2007" "STM2008" >> [86] "STN1990" "STN1991" "STN1992" "STN1993" "STN1994" >> [91] "STN1995" "STN1996" "STN1997" "STN1998" "STN1999" >> [96] "STN2000" "STN2001" "STN2002" "STN2003" "STN2004" >> [101] "STN2005" "STN2006" "STN2007" "STN2008" "STN2009" >> [106] "STU1994" "STU1996" "STU2000" "STU2002" "STU2004" >> [111] "swordfish" "TOR2001" "TOR2002" "TOR2003" "TOR2004" >> [116] "TOR2005" "TOR2006" "TOR2007" "TOR2008" "TOR2009" >> [121] "TUN1997" "TUN1998" "TUN1999" "TUN2001" "YFN1990" >> [126] "YFN1991" "YFN1992" "YFN1993" "YFN1994" "YFN1995" >> [131] "YFN1996" "YFN1997" "YFN1998" "YFN1999" "YFN2000" >> [136] "YFN2001" "YFN2002" "YFN2003" "YFN2004" "YFN2005" >> [141] "YFN2006" "YFN2007" "YFN2008" >> >> >> >> >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://www.nabble.com/Binding-objects-with-a-similar-name-tp25862663p25862663.html >> Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> ______________________________________________ >> 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. >> > > > > -- > Jim Holtman > Cincinnati, OH > +1 513 646 9390 > > What is the problem that you are trying to solve? > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Binding-objects-with-a-similar-name-tp25862663p25866698.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________ 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.