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| r:data_structures [2018/11/20 08:32] – [Selecting data frame columns by position] hkimscil | r:data_structures [2019/09/19 18:16] (current) – [Creating a Factor (Categorical Variable)] hkimscil | ||
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| ^ Object | ^ Object | ||
| - | | Number | + | | Number |
| - | | Vector of numbers | + | | Vector of numbers |
| - | | Character string | + | | Character string |
| - | | Vector of character strings | + | | Vector of character strings |
| - | | Factor | + | | Factor |
| - | | List | list(" | + | | List | '' |
| - | | Data frame | data.frame(x=1: | + | | Data frame | '' |
| - | | Function | + | | Function |
| ===== Class ===== | ===== Class ===== | ||
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| Grouping: This is a technique for labeling or tagging your data items according to their group. See the Introduction to Chapter 6. | Grouping: This is a technique for labeling or tagging your data items according to their group. See the Introduction to Chapter 6. | ||
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| + | < | ||
| + | > A | ||
| + | [1] 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 4 4 2 1 2 3 3 | ||
| + | > str(A) | ||
| + | num [1:14] 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 4 4 2 ... | ||
| + | > fA <- factor(A) | ||
| + | > fA | ||
| + | [1] 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 4 4 2 1 2 3 3 | ||
| + | Levels: 1 2 3 4 | ||
| + | > str(fA) | ||
| + | | ||
| + | > | ||
| + | </ | ||
| ===== Data Frames ===== | ===== Data Frames ===== | ||
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| [1] 11 12 13 14 15 16 | [1] 11 12 13 14 15 16 | ||
| </ | </ | ||
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| - | <WRAP box help>The above code is very useful. But, sometimes the recycling rule is very annoying. How would I avoid it? | ||
| - | </ | ||
| ====== Creating a Factor (Categorical Variable) ====== | ====== Creating a Factor (Categorical Variable) ====== | ||
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| < | < | ||
| - | > f | + | > f # note that there is no Fri in the below output. |
| [1] Wed Thu Mon Wed Thu Thu Thu Tue Thu Tue | [1] Wed Thu Mon Wed Thu Thu Thu Tue Thu Tue | ||
| Levels: Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri | Levels: Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri | ||
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| </ | </ | ||
| - | < | + | < |
| city pop | city pop | ||
| 1 Chicago 2853114 | 1 Chicago 2853114 | ||
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| # then, close the edit window | # then, close the edit window | ||
| </ | </ | ||
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| + | <WRAP box help>Can you save it as " | ||
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| + | When you read back the csv file? How would you avoid like the below output? I mean aovid X column? | ||
| + | < | ||
| + | 1 1 -0.818 | ||
| + | 2 2 -0.667 | ||
| + | 3 3 -0.494 | ||
| + | 4 4 -0.819 | ||
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| + | Or even, how would I save the csv file, without the X column? | ||
| + | </ | ||
| ====== Removing NAs from a Data Frame ====== | ====== Removing NAs from a Data Frame ====== | ||
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