[R] printing difftime summary

Sam Steingold sds at gnu.org
Tue Nov 27 01:08:48 CET 2012


Thanks a lot - almost there!

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format.summary.difftime <- function(sd, ...) {
  t <- matrix(sd$string)
  rownames(t) <- rownames(sd)
  print(t)
  format(as.table(t))
}
print.summary.difftime <- function (sd, ...) {
  print(format(sd), quote=FALSE)
  invisible(sd)
}
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

this almost works:

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> summary(delays)
             share.id         min              max           
 12cf12372b87cce9:      1   NULL:492.00 ms   NULL:492.00 ms  
 12cf36060bdb9581:      1   NULL:3.70 min    NULL:21.80 min  
 12d2665c906bb232:      1   NULL:20.32 min   NULL:3.26 hrs   
 12d2802f1435b4cd:      1   NULL:5.52 hrs    NULL:13.78 hrs  
 12d292988f5f8422:      1   NULL:2.81 hrs    NULL:16.20 hrs  
 12d29dd2894e2790:      1   NULL:6.95 days   NULL:6.98 days  
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

why do I see NULLs?!

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> t <- matrix(sd$string)
> rownames(t) <- rownames(sd)
> t
        [,1]       
Min.    "492.00 ms"
1st Qu. "3.70 min" 
Median  "20.32 min"
Mean    "5.52 hrs" 
3rd Qu. "2.81 hrs" 
Max.    "6.95 days"
> as.table(t)
        A        
Min.    492.00 ms
1st Qu. 3.70 min 
Median  20.32 min
Mean    5.52 hrs 
3rd Qu. 2.81 hrs 
Max.    6.95 days
> format(as.table(t))
        A          
Min.    "492.00 ms"
1st Qu. "3.70 min "
Median  "20.32 min"
Mean    "5.52 hrs "
3rd Qu. "2.81 hrs "
Max.    "6.95 days"
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---


> * William Dunlap <jqhaync at gvopb.pbz> [2012-11-26 23:02:48 +0000]:
>
> It looks like summary.data.frame(d) calls format(d[[i]]) for i in seq_len(ncol(d))
> and pastes the results together into a "table" object for printing.  Hence, write
> a format.summary.difftime if you want objects of class "summary.difftime" (which
> I assume summary.difftime produces) to be formatted as you wish when a
> difftime object is in a data.frame.  Once you've written it, have your print.summary.difftime
> call it too.
>
> E.g., with the following methods
> summary.difftime <- function(x, ...) {
>          ret <- quantile(x, p=(0:2)/2, na.rm=TRUE)
>          class(ret) <- c("summary.difftime", class(ret))
>          ret
> }
> format.summary.difftime <- function(x, ...) c(Min.Med.Max =
> paste(collapse="...", NextMethod("format")))
> print.summary.difftime <- function(x, ...){ print(format(x), quote=FALSE) ; invisible(x) }
>
> I get
>> d <- data.frame(Num=1:5, Date=as.Date("2012-11-26")+(0:4),
>> Delta=diff(as.Date("2012-11-26")+2^(0:5)))
>> summary(d)
>       Num         Date                    Delta
>  Min.   :1   Min.   :2012-11-26   Min.Med.Max: 1 days... 4 days...16 days
>  1st Qu.:2   1st Qu.:2012-11-27
>  Median :3   Median :2012-11-28
>  Mean   :3   Mean   :2012-11-28
>  3rd Qu.:4   3rd Qu.:2012-11-29
>  Max.   :5   Max.   :2012-11-30
>> summary(d$Delta)
>                 Min.Med.Max
>  1 days... 4 days...16 days
>
> My summary.difftime inherits from difftime so the format method is not really
> needed, as format.difftime does a reasonable job (except that it does not copy
> the input names to its output).  I put it in to show how it gets called.
>
>
> Bill Dunlap
> Spotfire, TIBCO Software
> wdunlap tibco.com
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org] On Behalf
>> Of Sam Steingold
>> Sent: Monday, November 26, 2012 2:20 PM
>> To: r-help at r-project.org; David Winsemius
>> Subject: Re: [R] printing difftime summary
>> 
>> > * David Winsemius <qjvafrzvhf at pbzpnfg.arg> [2012-11-26 08:46:35 -0800]:
>> >
>> > On Nov 26, 2012, at 7:14 AM, Sam Steingold wrote:
>> >
>> >> summary(infl), where infl$delay is a difftime vector, prints
>> >>
>> >> ...
>> >>
>> >>    delay
>> >> string:c("492.00 ms", "18.08 min", "1.77 hrs", "8.20 hrs", "8.13 hrs",
>> >> "6.98 days")
>> >> secs  :c("     0.5", "  1085.1", "  6370.2", " 29534.4", " 29254.0",
>> >> "602949.7")
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> instead of something like
>> >>
>> >>   delay
>> >>   Min.:    492 ms
>> >>   1st Qu.: 18.08 min
>> >>
>> >> &c
>> >>
>> >> so, how do I arrange for a proper printing of difftime summary as a
>> >> part
>> >> of the data frame summary?
>> >
>> > If you like a particular format from an existing print method then why
>> > not look it up and copy the code?
>> >
>> > methods(print)
>> 
>> the problem is that I cannot figure out which function prints this:
>> 
>> >>    delay
>> >> string:c("492.00 ms", "18.08 min", "1.77 hrs", "8.20 hrs", "8.13 hrs",
>> >> "6.98 days")
>> >> secs  :c("     0.5", "  1085.1", "  6370.2", " 29534.4", " 29254.0",
>> >> "602949.7")
>> 
>> I added cat()s to print.summary.difftime and I do not see them, so it
>> appears that I have no direct control over how a summary.difftime is
>> printed as a part of a summary of a data.frame.
>> 
>> 
>> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>> summary.difftime <- function (v, ...) {
>>   s <- summary(as.numeric(v), ...)
>>   r <- as.data.frame(sapply(s,difftime2string),stringsAsFactors=FALSE)
>>   names(r) <- c("string")
>>   r[[units(v)]] <- s
>>   class(r) <- c("summary.difftime","data.frame")
>>   invisible(r)
>> }
>> print.summary.difftime <- function (sd, ...) {
>>   cat("[[[print.summary.difftime]]]\n")
>>   print(list(...))
>>   print.data.frame(sd, ...)
>> }
>> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>> 
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