Thanks Tengfei, I have another question. > df=data.frame(name=c('AA','BB', > 'CC'),c1=c(23,123,5),c2=c(54,5,4),c3=c(0.999,1,23),c4=c(0.78,0.99,54)) > df name c1 c2 c3 c4 1 AA 23 54 0.999 0.78 2 BB 123 5 1.000 0.99 3 CC 5 4 23.000 54.00
> df1=data.frame(name=c('BB','AA', 'DD'),c5=c(98,87,54),c6=c(7,6,3)) > df1 name c5 c6 1 BB 98 7 2 AA 87 6 3 DD 54 3 now I want to get interaction for df and df1 in terms of name. this is name c1 c2 c3 c4 c5 c6 AA 23 54 0.999 0.78 87 6 BB 123 5 1.000 0.99 98 7 could give advice? --- On Thu, 29/4/10, Tengfei Yin <yinteng...@gmail.com> wrote: From: Tengfei Yin <yinteng...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [R] by funtion To: "Petr PIKAL" <petr.pi...@precheza.cz> Cc: "Yuan Jian" <jayuan2...@yahoo.com>, r-help@r-project.org Received: Thursday, 29 April, 2010, 6:44 AM Hi, Thanks, actually I mentioned in the reply, you need to turn the matrix into data frame in the end if use this method. e.g > df=data.frame(name=c('AA','BB','AA'),c1=c(23,123,203),c2=c(54,5,98),c3=c(0.999,1,0.79),c4=c(0.78,0.99,0.99)) > aa=by(df[,2:5],df$name,mean)> dd=do.call('rbind',aa)> df=data.frame(dd)> df > c1 c2 c3 c4AA 113 76 0.8945 0.885 BB 123 5 1.0000 0.990 Regards TengfeiOn Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 1:30 AM, Petr PIKAL <petr.pi...@precheza.cz> wrote: Hi r-help-boun...@r-project.org napsal dne 29.04.2010 08:11:41: > Hi > > you could try > > do.call('rbind',aa) No, No, No. rbind and cbind binds vectors as rows or columns of ***matrix***, result is not a data frame do.call("rbind",aa) X069rutil X102anatas 105 26.9 7.9 200 22.8 10.6 400 30.6 13.3 600 50.8 20.6 800 78.7 NA exp.df<-do.call("rbind",aa) str(exp.df) num [1:5, 1:2] 26.9 22.8 30.6 50.8 78.7 7.9 10.6 13.3 20.6 NA - attr(*, "dimnames")=List of 2 ..$ : chr [1:5] "105" "200" "400" "600" ... ..$ : chr [1:2] "X069rutil" "X102anatas" If some object has rectangular shape and has column names it does not automatically mean that it is data frame Regards Petr > > > then turn the matrix into data frame > > regards > > Tengfei > > On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 10:56 PM, Yuan Jian <jayuan2...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I have a data.frame: > > name col1 col2 col3 col4 > > AA 23 54 0.999 0.78 > > BB 123 5 1 0.99 > > AA 203 98 0.79 0.99 > > > > I want to get mean value data.frame in terms of name: > > > > name col1 col2 col3 col4 > > > > AA 113.0000 76.0000 0.8945 0.8850 > > > > BB 123.00 5.00 1.00 0.99 > > > > I tried to use by function: > > > > >aa<-by(test[,2:5], feature, mean) > > I found aa is "by" function. > > > class(aa) > > [1] "by" > > > > how can I transfer aa to a data frame? > > > > thanks > > YU > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > 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. > > > > > > > -- > Tengfei Yin > MCDB PhD student > 1620 Howe Hall, 2274, > Iowa State University > Ames, IA,50011-2274 > Homepage: www.tengfei.name > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > 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. -- Tengfei Yin MCDB PhD student 1620 Howe Hall, 2274, Iowa State University Ames, IA,50011-2274 Homepage: www.tengfei.name [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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