[R] complex splits

[Pierre Kleiber]

Strange that you only get two groups.  Note that col2 is
pasted to col1.   Here's what I get:


 > d <- data.frame(col1=sample(c("a","b"),20,
         rep=T),col2=sample(c("c","d"),20,rep=T),
         splitcol=sample(LETTERS[1:4],20,rep=T))
 > d
    col1 col2 splitcol
1     a    c        A
2     b    d        B
3     a    c        B
4     b    c        C
5     a    d        A
6     a    d        C
7     b    c        D
8     a    d        D
9     b    c        B
10    a    c        D
11    b    c        C
12    b    d        C
13    b    d        B
14    a    d        C
15    a    c        B
16    a    d        A
17    b    d        C
18    b    d        A
19    b    c        A
20    b    d        C
 > split(d$splitcol,paste(d$col1,d$col2))
$"a c"
[1] A B D B
Levels:  A B C D

$"a d"
[1] A C D C A
Levels:  A B C D

$"b c"
[1] C D B C A
Levels:  A B C D

$"b d"
[1] B C B C A C
Levels:  A B C D




Tim Wilson wrote:

> On Thu, Aug 15, 2002 at 02:30:08PM -1000, Pierre Kleiber wrote:
> 
>>   split(d$splitcol,paste(d$col1,d$col2))
>>
>>will give you vectors as elements of a list based on possible
>>combinations of col1 and col2.  Is that what you're after?
>>
> 
> No, when I try this I only get two groups based on d$col1. What I'm
> looking for is a split on d$col1 (producing two groups) and a subsequent
> split on d$col2 for a total of four groups. Then I'll do frequencies of
> those four groups.
> 
> -Tim
> 
> 


-- 
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Pierre Kleiber             Email: pkleiber at honlab.nmfs.hawaii.edu
Fishery Biologist                     Tel: 808 983-5399/737-7544
NOAA FISHERIES - Honolulu Laboratory         Fax: 808 983-2902
2570 Dole St., Honolulu, HI 96822-2396
-----------------------------------------------------------------
  "God could have told Moses about galaxies and mitochondria and
   all.  But behold... It was good enough for government work."
-----------------------------------------------------------------


-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-
r-help mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html
Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe"
(in the "body", not the subject !)  To: r-help-request at stat.math.ethz.ch
_._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._