data.table/ifelse conditional new variable question

Dear Kate,

Assuming you have nuclear families, one option would be:

x <- read.table(textConnection("Family.ID Sample.ID Relationship
14           62  sibling
14          94  father
14           63  sibling
14           59 mother
17         6004  father
17           6003 mother
17         6005   sibling
17         368   sibling
130           202 mother
130           203  father
130           204   sibling
130           205   sibling
130           206   sibling
222         9 mother
222         45  sibling
222         34  sibling
222         10  sibling
222         11  sibling
222         18  father"), header = TRUE)
closeAllConnections()

xs <- with(x, split(x, Family.ID))
res <- do.call(rbind, lapply(xs, function(l){
l$PID <- l$MID <- 0
father <- with(l, Relationship == 'father')
mother <- with(l, Relationship == 'mother')
l$PID[l$Relationship == 'sibling'] <- l$Sample.ID[father]
l$MID[l$Relationship == 'sibling'] <- l$Sample.ID[mother]
l
}))
res

HTH,
Jorge.-


Best regards,
Jorge.-



On Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 5:42 AM, Kate Ignatius <kate.ignatius at gmail.com>
wrote:

Hi,

I have a data.table question (as well as if else statement query).

I have a large list of families (file has 935 individuals that are
sorted by famiy of varying sizes).  At the moment the file has the
columns:

SampleID FamilyID Relationship

To prevent from having to make a pedigree file by hand - ie adding a
PaternalID and a MaternalID one by one I want to try write a script
that will quickly do this for me  (I eventually want to run this
through a program such as plink)   Is there a way to use data.table
(maybe in conjucntion with ifelse to do this effectively)?

An example of the file is something like:

Family.ID Sample.ID Relationship
14           62  sibling
14          94  father
14           63  sibling
14           59 mother
17         6004  father
17           6003 mother
17         6005   sibling
17         368   sibling
130           202 mother
130           203  father
130           204   sibling
130           205   sibling
130           206   sibling
222         9 mother
222         45  sibling
222         34  sibling
222         10  sibling
222         11  sibling
222         18  father

But the goal is to have a file like this:

Family.ID Sample.ID Relationship PID MID
14           62  sibling 94 59
14          94  father 0 0
14           63  sibling 94 59
14           59 mother 0 0
17         6004  father 0 0
17           6003 mother 0 0
17         6005   sibling 6004 6003
17         368   sibling 6004 6003
130           202 mother 0 0
130           203  father 0 0
130           204   sibling 203 202
130           205   sibling 203 202
130           206   sibling 203 202
222         9 mother 0 0
222         45  sibling 18 9
222         34  sibling 18 9
222         10  sibling 18 9
222         11  sibling 18 9
222         18  father 0 0

I've tried searches for this but with no luck.  Greatly appreciate any
help - even if its just a link to a great example/solution!

Thanks!