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drop elements of vector by class

2 messages · E. Michael Foster, Dimitris Rizopoulos

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E. Michael Foster
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i'm trying to build a little summary table for the contents of a data frame.

t<-sapply(macro, data.class)
c<-sapply(macro, length)
m<-sapply(macro, mean, na.rm=T, digits=2)
cbind(type=t, n=c , mean=m)

I want to drop the variables that are factors so I can include -max- and 
-min- in my table.
-macro- contacts the data--how do I drop the variables according to their 
data.class

thanks,
michael foster




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Dimitris Rizopoulos
# 
try this

# to get only the factors
macro.f <- macro[sapply(macro, is.factor)]

to drop the factors
macro.nf <- macro[sapply(macro, !is.factor)]

# to get only numerics
macro.n <- macro[sapply(macro, is.numeric)]

and so on.

I hope it helps.

Best,
Dimitris

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "E. Michael Foster" <foster at pop.psu.edu>
To: <r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch>
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2005 4:57 PM
Subject: [R] drop elements of vector by class