[R] averaging X of specific Y (latitude)

arun smartpink111 at yahoo.com
Mon Dec 17 15:10:53 CET 2012


HI Elaine,

You only provided an object "datam" and the dput(dta).  I don't know what is inside "datam".  Your question "how to use the object "datam" in connection with the code ..." is very confusing.  Do you want to find if datam is a subset of dta or something else?  

Regarding your other question regaring the row.names(NA, -11L), If you change it manually to row.names(NA,11L), may not make any difference.   This link might be useful: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7014387/whats-the-difference-between-1l-and-1

 dta1<-structure(list(Species = structure(1:11, .Label = c("Butterfly A1", 
 "Butterfly A2", "Butterfly A3", "Butterfly A4", "Butterfly B1", 
 "Butterfly B2", "Butterfly B3", "Butterfly B4", "Butterfly B5", 
 "Butterfly C1", "Butterfly C2"), class = "factor"), Range = c(130.5, 
 450.68, 1102.38, 893.34, 820.2, 872.2, 488.2, 620.11, 982.78, 
 720.32, 912.2), Latitude = c(9.45, 10.2, 9.3, 16.4, 10.54, 10.87, 
 16.79, 18.3, 12.98, 12.67, 18.07)), .Names = c("Species", "Range", 
 "Latitude"), class = "data.frame", row.names = c(NA, 11L))
 identical(dta,dta1)
#[1] TRUE
Suppose, you change your row.names:
 dta4<-dta
 row.names(dta4)<-paste0("A",1:11)
 dput(dta4)
structure(list(Species = structure(1:11, .Label = c("Butterfly A1", 
"Butterfly A2", "Butterfly A3", "Butterfly A4", "Butterfly B1", 
"Butterfly B2", "Butterfly B3", "Butterfly B4", "Butterfly B5", 
"Butterfly C1", "Butterfly C2"), class = "factor"), Range = c(130.5, 
450.68, 1102.38, 893.34, 820.2, 872.2, 488.2, 620.11, 982.78, 
720.32, 912.2), Latitude = c(9.45, 10.2, 9.3, 16.4, 10.54, 10.87, 
16.79, 18.3, 12.98, 12.67, 18.07)), .Names = c("Species", "Range", 
"Latitude"), class = "data.frame", row.names = c("A1", "A2", 
"A3", "A4", "A5", "A6", "A7", "A8", "A9", "A10", "A11"))

I hope it helps.

A.K.





________________________________
From: Elaine Kuo <elaine.kuo.tw at gmail.com>
To: arun <smartpink111 at yahoo.com> 
Sent: Monday, December 17, 2012 8:35 AM
Subject: Re: [R] averaging X of specific Y (latitude)


Thanks for the immediate response.

You are right. It is unclear.
Please kindly find the code below written by a R beginner like me.
My question is 
how to use the object "datam" in connection with the code starting with dta <-?
For example, is it possible to find the text below inside "datam"? 
"Butterfly A1","Butterfly A2", "Butterfly A3", 
 "Butterfly A4", "Butterfly B1","Butterfly B2", "Butterfly B3", "Butterfly B4", "Butterfly B5",
 "Butterfly C1", "Butterfly C2"

Thank you again.
Elaine


code
datam <-read.csv('H:/R_data/bfly.csv',header=T, row.names=1)

dim(datam)
datam[1,]
str(datam)

dput(datam, "datam")

 dta <- structure(list(Species = structure(1:11, .Label = c("Butterfly A1","Butterfly A2", "Butterfly A3", 
 "Butterfly A4", "Butterfly B1","Butterfly B2", "Butterfly B3", "Butterfly B4", "Butterfly B5",
 "Butterfly C1", "Butterfly C2"), class = "factor"), Range = c(130.5,
 450.68, 1102.38, 893.34, 820.2, 872.2, 488.2, 620.11, 982.78,
 720.32, 912.2), Latitude = c(9.45, 10.2, 9.3, 16.4, 10.54, 10.87,
 16.79, 18.3, 12.98, 12.67, 18.07)), .Names = c("Species", "Range", "Latitude"), class = "data.frame", row.names = c(NA, -11L))


Bfly <- aggregate(Range~Species+floor(Latitude), dta, mean)
colnames(Bfly) <- c("Species", "Latitude", "Mean")
Bfly


On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 9:23 PM, arun <smartpink111 at yahoo.com> wrote:

HI,
>Your question is not very clear.
>
>You get the "structure" like code by dput(datam).
>A.K.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Elaine Kuo <elaine.kuo.tw at gmail.com>
>To: dcarlson at tamu.edu; r-help at r-project.org
>
>Cc:
>Sent: Monday, December 17, 2012 6:55 AM
>Subject: Re: [R] averaging X of specific Y (latitude)
>
>Another question (I am sure it is the last one tentatively):
>
>After creating a text.file using dput (let's name the created file
>"datam"),
>please kindly advise how to use the text file in writing the code using
>"structure" like below.
>
>Thank you.
>
>code
>dta <- structure(list(Species = structure(1:11, .Label = c("Butterfly A1",
>
>+ "Butterfly A2", "Butterfly A3", "Butterfly A4", "Butterfly B1",
>+ "Butterfly B2", "Butterfly B3", "Butterfly B4", "Butterfly B5",
>+ "Butterfly C1", "Butterfly C2"), class = "factor"), Range = c(130.5,
>+ 450.68, 1102.38, 893.34, 820.2, 872.2, 488.2, 620.11, 982.78,
>+ 720.32, 912.2), Latitude = c(9.45, 10.2, 9.3, 16.4, 10.54, 10.87,
>+ 16.79, 18.3, 12.98, 12.67, 18.07)), .Names = c("Species", "Range",
>+ "Latitude"), class = "data.frame", row.names = c(NA, -11L)))
>
>Elaine
>
>
>On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 7:40 PM, Elaine Kuo <elaine.kuo.tw at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> One more question:
>>
>> Please kindly explain
>> why it is written as "row.names = c(NA, -11L))."
>> (in the code below)
>>
>> I am unsure why it is "negative" 11.
>> Thank you .
>>
>> Elaine
>>
>> code
>>
>> dta <- structure(list(Species = structure(1:11, .Label = c("Butterfly A1",
>>
>> + "Butterfly A2", "Butterfly A3", "Butterfly A4", "Butterfly B1",
>> + "Butterfly B2", "Butterfly B3", "Butterfly B4", "Butterfly B5",
>> + "Butterfly C1", "Butterfly C2"), class = "factor"), Range = c(130.5,
>> + 450.68, 1102.38, 893.34, 820.2, 872.2, 488.2, 620.11, 982.78,
>> + 720.32, 912.2), Latitude = c(9.45, 10.2, 9.3, 16.4, 10.54, 10.87,
>> + 16.79, 18.3, 12.98, 12.67, 18.07)), .Names = c("Species", "Range",
>> + "Latitude"), class = "data.frame", row.names = c(NA, -11L)))
>>
>>
>>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> >> From: David L Carlson <dcarlson at tamu.edu>
>>>> >> To: 'Elaine Kuo' <elaine.kuo.tw at gmail.com>; r-help at r-project.org;
>>>> >> 'r-sig-geo' <r-sig-geo at stat.math.ethz.ch>
>>>> >> Cc:
>>>> >> Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2012 11:32 AM
>>>> >> Subject: Re: [R] averaging X of specific Y (latitude)
>>>> >>
>>>> >> It is better to use dput() in R to create a text version of your data
>>>> for
>>>> >> us
>>>> >> to work with. The aggregate command below gives you the mean ranges by
>>>> >> butterfly species and latititude and saves the result as Bfly. The
>>>> >> colnames() command simply renames the columns:
>>>> >>
>>>> >>> dta <- structure(list(Species = structure(1:11, .Label = c("Butterfly
>>>> >> A1",
>>>> >>
>>>> >> + "Butterfly A2", "Butterfly A3", "Butterfly A4", "Butterfly B1",
>>>> >> + "Butterfly B2", "Butterfly B3", "Butterfly B4", "Butterfly B5",
>>>> >> + "Butterfly C1", "Butterfly C2"), class = "factor"), Range = c(130.5,
>>>> >> + 450.68, 1102.38, 893.34, 820.2, 872.2, 488.2, 620.11, 982.78,
>>>> >> + 720.32, 912.2), Latitude = c(9.45, 10.2, 9.3, 16.4, 10.54, 10.87,
>>>> >> + 16.79, 18.3, 12.98, 12.67, 18.07)), .Names = c("Species", "Range",
>>>> >> + "Latitude"), class = "data.frame", row.names = c(NA, -11L))
>>>> >>> Bfly <- aggregate(Range~Species+floor(Latitude), dta, mean)
>>>> >>> colnames(Bfly) <- c("Species", "Latitude", "Mean")
>>>> >>> Bfly
>>>> >>        Species Latitude    Mean
>>>> >> 1  Butterfly A1        9  130.50
>>>> >> 2  Butterfly A3        9 1102.38
>>>> >> 3  Butterfly A2       10  450.68
>>>> >> 4  Butterfly B1       10  820.20
>>>> >> 5  Butterfly B2       10  872.20
>>>> >> 6  Butterfly B5       12  982.78
>>>> >> 7  Butterfly C1       12  720.32
>>>> >> 8  Butterfly A4       16  893.34
>>>> >> 9  Butterfly B3       16  488.20
>>>> >> 10 Butterfly B4       18  620.11
>>>> >> 11 Butterfly C2       18  912.20
>>>> >>
>>>> >> ----------------------------------------------
>>>> >> David L Carlson
>>>> >> Associate Professor of Anthropology
>>>> >> Texas A&M University
>>>> >> College Station, TX 77843-4352
>>>> >>
>>>> >>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> >>> From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-
>>>> >>> project.org] On Behalf Of Elaine Kuo
>>>> >>> Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2012 10:15 PM
>>>> >>> To: r-help at r-project.org; r-sig-geo
>>>> >>> Subject: [R] averaging X of specific Y (latitude)
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> Hello
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> I have a table describing butterfly range traits.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> It is composed of three columns as below
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> Species name  range size (X)    latitude of range midpoint (Y)
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> There are 11 kinds of butterflies.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> Each has its range size, and the latitude of each range midpoint
>>>> ranges
>>>> >>> from 9 to 19.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> I would like to have the average range size of every degree of
>>>> >>> latitude.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> For example, the average range size of latitude degree 10
>>>> (10.0-10.99:
>>>> >>> Butterfly A2, B1, B2)
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> Please kindly help with R code to calculate the average values.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> Thank you.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> Elaine
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> The details are as followed.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> Butterfly A1      130.5                 9.45
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> Butterfly A2      450.68                           10.2
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> Butterfly A3      1102.38                        9.3
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> Butterfly A4            893.34                             16.4
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> Butterfly B1           820.2                               10.54
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> Butterfly B2            872.2                               10.87
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> Butterfly B3            488.2                               16.79
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> Butterfly B4            620.11                             18.3
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> Butterfly B5            982.78                             12.98
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> Butterfly C1           720.32                             12.67
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> Butterfly C2            912.2                               18.07
>>>> >>>
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