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How to add some of data in the first place dataset

4 messages · Muhammad Subianto, Henric Nilsson, Arne Henningsen

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Dear R-help,
 First I apologize if my question is quite simple.
 I need add some of data in the first place my dataset, how can I do that.
 I have tried with rbind, but I did not succes.
   0.1         3.6          0.4         0.9  rose
   4.1         4.0          1.2         1.2  rose
   4.4         3.2          1.9         0.5  rose
   4.6         1.1          1.1         0.2  rose
 For example,
 > data(iris)
 > iris[1:10,]
    Sepal.Length Sepal.Width Petal.Length Petal.Width Species
 1           5.1         3.5          1.4         0.2  setosa
 2           4.9         3.0          1.4         0.2  setosa
 3           4.7         3.2          1.3         0.2  setosa
 4           4.6         3.1          1.5         0.2  setosa
 5           5.0         3.6          1.4         0.2  setosa
 6           5.4         3.9          1.7         0.4  setosa
 7           4.6         3.4          1.4         0.3  setosa
 8           5.0         3.4          1.5         0.2  setosa
 9           4.4         2.9          1.4         0.2  setosa
 10          4.9         3.1          1.5         0.1  setosa
 > 
 The result something like this,
 
   0.1         3.6          0.4         0.9  rose
   4.1         4.0          1.2         1.2  rose
   4.4         3.2          1.9         0.5  rose
   4.6         1.1          1.1         0.2  rose
   5.1         3.5          1.4         0.2  setosa
   4.9         3.0          1.4         0.2  setosa
   4.7         3.2          1.3         0.2  setosa
   4.6         3.1          1.5         0.2  setosa
   5.0         3.6          1.4         0.2  setosa
   5.4         3.9          1.7         0.4  setosa
   4.6         3.4          1.4         0.3  setosa
   5.0         3.4          1.5         0.2  setosa
   4.4         2.9          1.4         0.2  setosa
   4.9         3.1          1.5         0.1  setosa
 
 Sincerely,
 Muhammad Subianto
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Muhammad Subianto said the following on 2005-04-27 15:48:
Can you send a reproducible example where rbind didn't succeed?
Assume that you have the new data in a `data.frame', e.g.

 > (new.data <- read.table("clipboard", header = FALSE, col.names = 
c("Sepal.Length", "Sepal.Width", "Petal.Length", "Petal.Width", "Species")))
   Sepal.Length Sepal.Width Petal.Length Petal.Width Species
1          0.1         3.6          0.4         0.9    rose
2          4.1         4.0          1.2         1.2    rose
3          4.4         3.2          1.9         0.5    rose
4          4.6         1.1          1.1         0.2    rose

Then,

add.data <- rbind(new.data, iris)

will do the trick. Confirm this by

 > add.data[1:10, ]
     Sepal.Length Sepal.Width Petal.Length Petal.Width Species
1            0.1         3.6          0.4         0.9    rose
2            4.1         4.0          1.2         1.2    rose
3            4.4         3.2          1.9         0.5    rose
4            4.6         1.1          1.1         0.2    rose
151          5.1         3.5          1.4         0.2  setosa
210          4.9         3.0          1.4         0.2  setosa
310          4.7         3.2          1.3         0.2  setosa
410          4.6         3.1          1.5         0.2  setosa
5            5.0         3.6          1.4         0.2  setosa
6            5.4         3.9          1.7         0.4  setosa

HTH,
Henric
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If you want to add rows to a data frame using rbind, your additional rows must 
be in a data frame with the same (column) names.

R> data( iris )
R> a <- data.frame( Sepal.Length=c(1:4), Sepal.Width=c(2:5), 
  Petal.Length=c(3:6), Petal.Width=c(4:7), Species=rep("rosa",4))
R> b <- iris[1:10,]
R> rbind(a,b)
   Sepal.Length Sepal.Width Petal.Length Petal.Width Species
1           1.0         2.0          3.0         4.0    rosa
2           2.0         3.0          4.0         5.0    rosa
3           3.0         4.0          5.0         6.0    rosa
4           4.0         5.0          6.0         7.0    rosa
11          5.1         3.5          1.4         0.2  setosa
21          4.9         3.0          1.4         0.2  setosa
31          4.7         3.2          1.3         0.2  setosa
41          4.6         3.1          1.5         0.2  setosa
5           5.0         3.6          1.4         0.2  setosa
6           5.4         3.9          1.7         0.4  setosa
7           4.6         3.4          1.4         0.3  setosa
8           5.0         3.4          1.5         0.2  setosa
9           4.4         2.9          1.4         0.2  setosa
10          4.9         3.1          1.5         0.1  setosa


Arne
On Wednesday 27 April 2005 15:48, Muhammad Subianto wrote: