remove loop which compares row i to row i-1
Hello, I've not been following this thread but this seems ndependent from previous posts. Try the following. url <- "http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/file/n4636337/BR3_2011_New.csv" tUnitsort <- read.csv(url, header=TRUE) cols <- sapply(c("Date", "Hour", "BlockNumber", "MyTo"), function(x) grep(x, names(tUnitsort))) # This does it # Use full data.frame 'tUnitsort' if you want data.tmp <- aggregate(MyTo ~ Date + Hour, data = tUnitsort[, cols], max) data.tmp <- merge(tUnitsort[, cols], data.tmp, by=c("Date", "Hour")) # Make it pretty idx <- grep("MyTo", names(data.tmp)) names(data.tmp)[idx] <- c("MyTo", "NewColumn") # See it head(data.tmp, 20) tail(data.tmp, 20) Also, you should quote the context. Many, almost all of us do NOT read the posts on Nabble. And Nabble does have a "quote" button. Hope this helps, Rui Barradas Em 12-07-2012 18:55, jcrosbie escreveu:
Thank you, I am sorry but I am still trying to figure out how to make the function work. I have a column called tUnitsort$BlockNumber which can range from 0 to 6. I have another two columns with the date and the hour ending for the given day. Example Date Hour BlockNumber MyTo NewColumn 2011-01 1 2 140 140 2011-01 1 1 70 140 2011-01 1 0 0 140 2011-02 1 2 160 160 2011-02 1 1 70 160 2011-02 1 0 0 160 2011-03 1 2 150 150 I want to create a NewColumn which will place the MyTo number for the highest block number for the rest blocks in a given hour ending within a day. ifelse(tUnitsort[,4]>=tUnitsort[-1,4],tUnitsort[,7],tUnitsort[-1,7]) I am unsure how to refference the element before in this case. I thought the -1 was doing this but I believe I'm wrong now. http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/file/n4636337/BR3_2011_New.csv BR3_2011_New.csv -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/remove-loop-which-compares-row-i-to-row-i-1-tp4635327p4636337.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
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