[R] Help understanding loop behaviour
Bert Gunter
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Fri Apr 30 20:46:48 CEST 2021
There is something wrong here I believe -- see inline below:
Bert Gunter
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On Fri, Apr 30, 2021 at 10:37 AM Rui Barradas <ruipbarradas using sapo.pt> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> For column J, ave/seq_along seems to be the simplest. For column I, ave
> is also a good option, it avoids split/lapply.
>
>
> xx$I <- ave(xx$NUMBER_OF_YEARS, xx$COMPANY_NUMBER, FUN = function(x){
> c(rep(1, length(x) - 1), max(length(x))) ### ???
> })
>
> **********
length() returns a single integer, so max(length(x)) makes no sense
************************************
> xx$J <- ave(xx$NUMBER_OF_YEARS, xx$COMPANY_NUMBER, FUN = seq_along)
>
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Às 11:49 de 30/04/21, PIKAL Petr escreveu:
> > Hallo,
> >
> > Sorry, my suggestion did not worked in your case correctly as split used
> > natural factor ordering.
> >
> > So using Jim's data, this results in desired output.
> >
> > #prepare factor in original ordering
> > ff <- factor(xx[,1], levels=unique(xx[,1]))
> > lll <- split(xx$COMPANY_NUMBER, ff)
> > xx$I <- unlist(lapply(lll, function(x) c(rep(1, length(x)-1),
> > max(length(x)))),use.names=FALSE)
> > xx$J <- unlist(lapply(lll, function(x) 1:length(x)), use.names=FALSE)
> >> xx
> > COMPANY_NUMBER NUMBER_OF_YEARS I J
> > 1 70837 3 1 1
> > 2 70837 3 1 2
> > 3 70837 3 3 3
> > 4 1000403 4 1 1
> > 5 1000403 4 1 2
> > 6 1000403 4 1 3
> > 7 1000403 4 4 4
> > 8 10029943 3 1 1
> > 9 10029943 3 1 2
> > 10 10029943 3 3 3
> > 11 10037980 4 1 1
> > 12 10037980 4 1 2
> > 13 10037980 4 1 3
> > 14 10037980 4 4 4
> > 15 10057418 3 1 1
> > 16 10057418 3 1 2
> > 17 10057418 3 3 3
> > 18 1009550 4 1 1
> > 19 1009550 4 1 2
> > 20 1009550 4 1 3
> > 21 1009550 4 4 4
> >
> > Cheers.
> > Petr
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: R-help <r-help-bounces using r-project.org> On Behalf Of Jim Lemon
> >> Sent: Friday, April 30, 2021 11:45 AM
> >> To: e-mail ma015k3113 <ma015k3113 using blueyonder.co.uk>; r-help mailing
> list
> >> <r-help using r-project.org>
> >> Subject: Re: [R] Help understanding loop behaviour
> >>
> >> Hi email,
> >> If you want what you described, try this:
> >>
> >> xx<-read.table(text="COMPANY_NUMBER NUMBER_OF_YEARS
> >> 0070837 3
> >> 0070837 3
> >> 0070837 3
> >> 1000403 4
> >> 1000403 4
> >> 1000403 4
> >> 1000403 4
> >> 10029943 3
> >> 10029943 3
> >> 10029943 3
> >> 10037980 4
> >> 10037980 4
> >> 10037980 4
> >> 10037980 4
> >> 10057418 3
> >> 10057418 3
> >> 10057418 3
> >> 1009550 4
> >> 1009550 4
> >> 1009550 4
> >> 1009550 4",
> >> header=TRUE,stringsAsFactors=FALSE)
> >> xx$I<-NA
> >> xx$J<-NA
> >> row_count<-1
> >> for(row in 1:nrow(xx)) {
> >> if(row == nrow(xx) ||
> >> xx$COMPANY_NUMBER[row]==xx$COMPANY_NUMBER[row+1]) {
> >> xx$I[row]<-1
> >> xx$J[row]<-row_count
> >> row_count<-row_count+1
> >> } else {
> >> xx$I[row]<-xx$J[row]<-xx$NUMBER_OF_YEARS[row]
> >> row_count<-1
> >> }
> >> }
> >> xx
> >>
> >> Like Petr, I am assuming that you want company 10057418 treated the same
> >> as the others. If not, let us know why. I am also adssuming that the
> first
> > three
> >> rows should _not_ have a "#" at the beginning, which means that they
> will
> > be
> >> discarded.
> >>
> >> Jim
> >>
> >> On Fri, Apr 30, 2021 at 1:41 AM e-mail ma015k3113 via R-help <r-help using r-
> >> project.org> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I am trying to understand how loops in operate. I have a simple
> >>> dataframe xx which is as follows
> >>>
> >>> COMPANY_NUMBER NUMBER_OF_YEARS
> >>>
> >>> #0070837 3
> >>> #0070837 3
> >>> #0070837 3
> >>> 1000403 4
> >>> 1000403 4
> >>> 1000403 4
> >>> 1000403 4
> >>> 10029943 3
> >>> 10029943 3
> >>> 10029943 3
> >>> 10037980 4
> >>> 10037980 4
> >>> 10037980 4
> >>> 10037980 4
> >>> 10057418 3
> >>> 10057418 3
> >>>
> >>> 10057418 3
> >>> 1009550 4
> >>> 1009550 4
> >>> 1009550 4
> >>> 1009550 4
> >>> The code I have written is
> >>>
> >>> while (i <= nrow(xx1) )
> >>>
> >>> {
> >>>
> >>> for (j in 1:xx1$NUMBER_OF_YEARS[i])
> >>> {
> >>> xx1$I[i] <- i
> >>> xx1$J[j] <- j
> >>> xx1$NUMBER_OF_YEARS_j[j] <- xx1$NUMBER_OF_YEARS[j] } i=i +
> >>> (xx1$NUMBER_OF_YEARS[i] ) } After running the code I want my
> >> dataframe
> >>> to look like
> >>>
> >>> |COMPANY_NUMBER |NUMBER_OF_YEARS| | I| |J|
> >>>
> >>> |#0070837 |3| |1| |1|
> >>> |#0070837 |3| |1| |2|
> >>> |#0070837 |3| |3| |3|
> >>> |1000403 |4| |1| |1|
> >>> |1000403 |4| |1| |2|
> >>> |1000403 |4| |1| |3|
> >>> |1000403 |4| |4| |4|
> >>> |10029943 |3| |1| |1|
> >>> |10029943 |3| |1| |2|
> >>> |10029943 |3| |3| |3|
> >>> |10037980 |4| |1| |1|
> >>> |10037980 |4| |1| |2|
> >>> |10037980 |4| |1| |3|
> >>> |10037980 |4| |4| |4|
> >>> |10057418 |3| |1| |1|
> >>> |10057418 |3| |1| |1|
> >>> |10057418 |3| |1| |1|
> >>> |1009550 |4| |1| |1|
> >>> |1009550 |4| |1| |2|
> >>> |1009550 |4| |1| |3|
> >>> |1009550 |4| |4| |4|
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I get the correct value of I but in the wrong row but the vaule of J
> >>> is correct in the first iteration and then it goes to 1
> >>>
> >>> Any help will be greatly appreciated
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> >>>
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