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recording age into different variables

3 messages · Andrew Kabala, Bert Gunter, Ista Zahn

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Hi,
I am new to R, I would like to know how i can summarize age data into
different categories i.e.
Age
14
16
20
60
45
.
.
I would like to generate a summary for example showing the frequencies in
each custom defined group
0-10 yrs  11-20 years 21-30 years
20             5               6

many thanks
Andrew
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Bert

Bert Gunter
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On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 8:34 AM, Andrew Kabala <kabalaandrew at gmail.com> wrote:
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Hi Andrew,

See ?cut and ?table, e.g.,

table(cut(Age, c(0, 10, 20, 30), include.lowest=TRUE))

should do it.

Best,
Ista
On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 11:34 AM, Andrew Kabala <kabalaandrew at gmail.com> wrote: