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How to split two levels several times?

10 messages · Rui Barradas, arun, dennis1991 at gmx.net

#
Hello,

It's better if you keep this on the list, the odds of getting more and 
better answers are greater.

As for your new question, try the following.


lens <- rle(as.character(XXX$electrode))$lengths
m <- length(lens) %/% 2
idx <- rep(1:m, sapply(1:m, function(.m) sum(lens[(2*.m - 1):(2*.m)])))
split(XXX, idx)


Hope this helps,

Rui Barradas

Em 23-07-2013 11:41, dennis1991 at gmx.net escreveu:
1 day later
#
Hi Rui
the splitting code worked fine. Thanks for your help. Now I realized that the code cannot handle a table with levels that by chance (or systematically) repeatedly appear after each other. For instance this may happen if I need to extract the final two pairs of the table XXX below: electrode4+electrode1 and electrode1+electrode3.

lens <- rle(as.character(XXX$electrode))$lengths
will return 3 2 3 2 6 6 3 and not 3 2 3 2 6 3 3 3 because it counts electrode1 double.
split(XXX, idx) will produce 3 incorrect outputs instead of the required 4.
This will also occur if I have systematic combinations 1-4 after each other for instance in a new table ?XX? below where electrode4 appears twice.

Is there a way to make splitting "half-way" between two of the same levels possible by predefining the length of each individual level? This would make the splitting code more robust. Thanks for advice.


This is the table "XXX"

electrode length

electrode1 5.7
electrode1 6.3
electrode1 6.2
electrode2 11.4
electrode2 9.7
electrode3 14.2
electrode3 14.8
electrode3 12.6
electrode2 11.4
electrode2 9.7
electrode4 17.0
electrode4 16.3
electrode4 17.8
electrode4 18.3
electrode4 16.9
electrode4 18.5
electrode1 5.7
electrode1 6.3
electrode1 6.2
electrode1 5.7
electrode1 6.3
electrode1 6.2
electrode3 14.2
electrode3 14.8
electrode3 12.6


This is a simplified table XX

electrode1
electrode2
electrode1
electrode3
electrode1
electrode4
electrode2
electrode1
electrode2
electrode3
electrode2
electrode4
electrode3
electrode1
electrode3
electrode2
electrode3
electrode4
electrode4
electrode1
electrode4
electrode2
electrode4
electrode3
#
Hello,

As for the first question, note that in the case you describe, the 
resulting list of df's will not be a split of the original, there will 
be a duplication in the final 4-1 and 1-3. The following is a hack but 
will do it.


lens <- rle(as.character(XXX$electrode))$lengths
m <- length(lens) %/% 2
idx <- rep(1:m, sapply(1:m, function(.m) sum(lens[(2*.m - 1):(2*.m)])))
if(length(lens) %% 2 != 0)
	idx <- c(idx, rep(m + 1, lens[length(lens)]))

sp <- split(XXX, idx)

if(length(lens) %% 2 != 0){
	idx2 <- sp[[m]]$electrode == sp[[m]]$electrode[nrow(sp[[m]])]
	sp[[m + 1]] <- rbind(sp[[m]][idx2, ], sp[[m + 1]])
}
sp


As for the second question, I'm not understanding it, can you post 
sample output?

Rui Barradas

Em 24-07-2013 13:58, dennis1991 at gmx.net escreveu:
#
Hi Rui
once more thank you for your help. But the code does so far not solve the problem because it still treats rows 17-22 (repeated appearance of electrode1) as one single level. However as can be seen by rows 1-3 (or rows 17-19 and rows 20-22) and the order of the length variable (row 1 = 5.7, row 2 = 6.3, row 3 = 6.2) electrode1 consists only of 3 rows. Maybe that was not made absolutely clear by me. As described in my mail before if by chance (or systematically) it happens to be that electrode1 appears right after each other in the table then the code should split it ?half way?.

So idx should not return
 [1] 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4

but instead 6 times number 4 at the end
 [1] 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4

Do you have any solution?
#
Hello,

I think the following does what you want. (I don't know if it makes much 
sense but it works.)



lens <- rle(as.character(XXX$electrode))$lengths
m <- length(lens) %/% 2
idx <- rep(1:m, sapply(1:m, function(.m) sum(lens[(2*.m - 1):(2*.m)])))
if(length(lens) %% 2 != 0){
	idx <- c(idx, rep(m + 1, lens[length(lens)]))
	sp_idx <- split(idx, idx)
	n <- length(sp_idx[[m]])
	if(n %/% 2 < length(sp_idx[[m + 1]]))
		sp_idx[[m]][(n %/% 2 + 1):n] <- sp_idx[[m + 1]][1]
	else
		sp_idx[[m]][(n - length(sp_idx[[m + 1]]) + 1):n] <-  sp_idx[[m + 1]][1]
	idx <- unlist(sp_idx)
}

sp <- split(XXX, idx)
sp



Rui Barradas

Em 25-07-2013 11:40, dennis1991 at gmx.net escreveu:
#
May be this also helps:
XXX: dataset
rl<-rle(as.character(XXX$electrode))
?dat<-do.call(rbind,lapply(seq_along(rl$lengths),function(i){x1<-if(rl$values[i]=="electrode1" & (rl$lengths[i]%/%3>1)) rep(3,rl$lengths[i]%/%3) else rl$lengths[i];data.frame(Len=x1,Val=rl$values[i])}))
?lst1<-split(cumsum(dat[,1]),((seq_along(dat[,1])-1)%/%2)+1)
vec1<-sapply(lst1,max)
vec2<-c(1,vec1[-length(vec1)]+1)
res<-? lapply(seq_along(lst1),function(i) {x1<-lst1[[i]]; XXX[seq(vec2[i],max(x1)),]})
?res
#[[1]]
?#? electrode length
#1 electrode1??? 5.7
#2 electrode1??? 6.3
#3 electrode1??? 6.2
#4 electrode2?? 11.4
#5 electrode2??? 9.7
#
#[[2]]
?# ? electrode length
#6? electrode3?? 14.2
#7? electrode3?? 14.8
#8? electrode3?? 12.6
#9? electrode2?? 11.4
#10 electrode2??? 9.7
#
#[[3]]
?# ? electrode length
#11 electrode4?? 17.0
#12 electrode4?? 16.3
#13 electrode4?? 17.8
#14 electrode4?? 18.3
#15 electrode4?? 16.9
#16 electrode4?? 18.5
#17 electrode1??? 5.7
#18 electrode1??? 6.3
#19 electrode1??? 6.2

#[[4]]
?# ? electrode length
#20 electrode1??? 5.7
#21 electrode1??? 6.3
#22 electrode1??? 6.2
#23 electrode3?? 14.2
#24 electrode3?? 14.8
#25 electrode3?? 12.6

Also, tested in cases like below:
XXX1<- structure(list(electrode = structure(c(1L, 1L, 1L, 2L, 2L, 3L, 
3L, 3L, 2L, 2L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 
1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 3L, 3L, 3L), .Label = c("electrode1", 
"electrode2", "electrode3", "electrode4"), class = "factor"), 
??? length = c(5.7, 6.3, 6.2, 11.4, 9.7, 14.2, 14.8, 12.6, 11.4, 
??? 9.7, 17, 16.3, 17.8, 18.3, 16.9, 18.5, 5.7, 6.3, 6.2, 7.7, 
??? 7.3, 6.2, 6.7, 6.8, 6.9, 5.7, 6.3, 6.2, 14.2, 14.8, 12.6)), .Names = c("electrode", 
"length"), class = "data.frame", row.names = c(NA, -31L))

XXX2<-structure(list(electrode = structure(c(1L, 1L, 1L, 2L, 2L, 3L, 
3L, 3L, 2L, 2L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 
1L, 1L, 1L, 3L, 3L, 3L), .Label = c("electrode1", "electrode2", 
"electrode3", "electrode4"), class = "factor"), length = c(5.7, 
6.3, 6.2, 11.4, 9.7, 14.2, 14.8, 12.6, 11.4, 9.7, 17, 16.3, 17.8, 
18.3, 16.9, 18.5, 5.7, 6.3, 6.2, 7.7, 7.3, 6.2, 6.7, 6.8, 6.9, 
14.2, 14.8, 12.6)), .Names = c("electrode", "length"), class = "data.frame", row.names = c(NA, 
-28L))

rl<-rle(as.character(XXX1$electrode))
?dat<-do.call(rbind,lapply(seq_along(rl$lengths),function(i){x1<-if(rl$values[i]=="electrode1" & (rl$lengths[i]%/%3>1)) rep(3,rl$lengths[i]%/%3) else rl$lengths[i];data.frame(Len=x1,Val=rl$values[i])}))
?lst1<-split(cumsum(dat[,1]),((seq_along(dat[,1])-1)%/%2)+1)
vec1<-sapply(lst1,max)
vec2<-c(1,vec1[-length(vec1)]+1)
res1<-? lapply(seq_along(lst1),function(i) {x1<-lst1[[i]]; XXX1[seq(vec2[i],max(x1)),]})


rl<-rle(as.character(XXX2$electrode))
?dat<-do.call(rbind,lapply(seq_along(rl$lengths),function(i){x1<-if(rl$values[i]=="electrode1" & (rl$lengths[i]%/%3>1)) rep(3,rl$lengths[i]%/%3) else rl$lengths[i];data.frame(Len=x1,Val=rl$values[i])}))
?lst1<-split(cumsum(dat[,1]),((seq_along(dat[,1])-1)%/%2)+1)
vec1<-sapply(lst1,max)
vec2<-c(1,vec1[-length(vec1)]+1)
res2<-? lapply(seq_along(lst1),function(i) {x1<-lst1[[i]]; XXX2[seq(vec2[i],max(x1)),]})

Didn't test it extensively.? So, it may fail in other situations.
A.K.






----- Original Message -----
From: Rui Barradas <ruipbarradas at sapo.pt>
To: dennis1991 at gmx.net
Cc: r-help at r-project.org
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2013 2:53 PM
Subject: Re: [R] How to split two levels several times?

Hello,

I think the following does what you want. (I don't know if it makes much 
sense but it works.)



lens <- rle(as.character(XXX$electrode))$lengths
m <- length(lens) %/% 2
idx <- rep(1:m, sapply(1:m, function(.m) sum(lens[(2*.m - 1):(2*.m)])))
if(length(lens) %% 2 != 0){
??? idx <- c(idx, rep(m + 1, lens[length(lens)]))
??? sp_idx <- split(idx, idx)
??? n <- length(sp_idx[[m]])
??? if(n %/% 2 < length(sp_idx[[m + 1]]))
??? ??? sp_idx[[m]][(n %/% 2 + 1):n] <- sp_idx[[m + 1]][1]
??? else
??? ??? sp_idx[[m]][(n - length(sp_idx[[m + 1]]) + 1):n] <-? sp_idx[[m + 1]][1]
??? idx <- unlist(sp_idx)
}

sp <- split(XXX, idx)
sp



Rui Barradas

Em 25-07-2013 11:40, dennis1991 at gmx.net escreveu:
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#
Hi Rui & Arun,
really thanks for investing so much time to deal with this problem! The code works now for this specific example. However it is not generally robust for slightly different situations. For instance it cannot correctly handle a slight variation of the table where I have again 4 types of electrodes of certain lengths. Electrode4 exists only 6 times. At the transition of the combinations 3-4 and 4-1 there are 12 times electrode4 which stick together in the output $`9`. This leads to wrong splittings thereafter. Sorry for asking such tricky questions.

New table XXX

electrode	length
electrode1	206
electrode1	194
electrode1	182
electrode1	172
electrode1	169
electrode2	82
electrode2	78
electrode2	70
electrode2	58
electrode1	206
electrode1	194
electrode1	182
electrode1	172
electrode1	169
electrode3	260
electrode3	176
electrode3	137
electrode1	206
electrode1	194
electrode1	182
electrode1	172
electrode1	169
electrode4	86
electrode4	66
electrode4	64
electrode4	52
electrode4	27
electrode4	26
electrode2	82
electrode2	78
electrode2	70
electrode2	58
electrode1	206
electrode1	194
electrode1	182
electrode1	172
electrode1	169
electrode2	82
electrode2	78
electrode2	70
electrode2	58
electrode3	260
electrode3	176
electrode3	137
electrode2	82
electrode2	78
electrode2	70
electrode2	58
electrode4	86
electrode4	66
electrode4	64
electrode4	52
electrode4	27
electrode4	26
electrode3	260
electrode3	176
electrode3	137
electrode1	206
electrode1	194
electrode1	182
electrode1	172
electrode1	169
electrode3	260
electrode3	176
electrode3	137
electrode2	82
electrode2	78
electrode2	70
electrode2	58
electrode3	260
electrode3	176
electrode3	137
electrode4	86
electrode4	66
electrode4	64
electrode4	52
electrode4	27
electrode4	26
electrode4	86
electrode4	66
electrode4	64
electrode4	52
electrode4	27
electrode4	26
electrode1	206
electrode1	194
electrode1	182
electrode1	172
electrode1	169
electrode4	86
electrode4	66
electrode4	64
electrode4	52
electrode4	27
electrode4	26
electrode2	82
electrode2	78
electrode2	70
electrode2	58
electrode4	86
electrode4	66
electrode4	64
electrode4	52
electrode4	27
electrode4	26
electrode3	260
electrode3	176
electrode3	137
#
Hi Dennis,
I guess in this case, instead of "Eletrode1" occuring 3 times, it is "Electrode4" exists only 6 times.? If that is the situation:
just change:
XXX: data
rl<-rle(as.character(XXX$electrode))
?dat<-do.call(rbind,lapply(seq_along(rl$lengths),function(i){x1<-if(rl$values[i]=="electrode4" & (rl$lengths[i]%/%6>1)) rep(6,rl$lengths[i]%/%6) else rl$lengths[i];data.frame(Len=x1,Val=rl$values[i])}))
?lst1<-split(cumsum(dat[,1]),((seq_along(dat[,1])-1)%/%2)+1)
vec1<-sapply(lst1,max)
vec2<-c(1,vec1[-length(vec1)]+1)
res<-? lapply(seq_along(lst1),function(i) {x1<-lst1[[i]]; XXX[seq(vec2[i],max(x1)),]})
res
[[1]]
?? electrode length
1 electrode1??? 206
2 electrode1??? 194
3 electrode1??? 182
4 electrode1??? 172
5 electrode1??? 169
6 electrode2???? 82
7 electrode2???? 78
8 electrode2???? 70
9 electrode2???? 58

[[2]]
??? electrode length
10 electrode1??? 206
11 electrode1??? 194
12 electrode1??? 182
13 electrode1??? 172
14 electrode1??? 169
15 electrode3??? 260
16 electrode3??? 176
17 electrode3??? 137

[[3]]
??? electrode length
18 electrode1??? 206
19 electrode1??? 194
20 electrode1??? 182
21 electrode1??? 172
22 electrode1??? 169
23 electrode4???? 86
24 electrode4???? 66
25 electrode4???? 64
26 electrode4???? 52
27 electrode4???? 27
28 electrode4???? 26

[[4]]
??? electrode length
29 electrode2???? 82
30 electrode2???? 78
31 electrode2???? 70
32 electrode2???? 58
33 electrode1??? 206
34 electrode1??? 194
35 electrode1??? 182
36 electrode1??? 172
37 electrode1??? 169

[[5]]
??? electrode length
38 electrode2???? 82
39 electrode2???? 78
40 electrode2???? 70
41 electrode2???? 58
42 electrode3??? 260
43 electrode3??? 176
44 electrode3??? 137

[[6]]
??? electrode length
45 electrode2???? 82
46 electrode2???? 78
47 electrode2???? 70
48 electrode2???? 58
49 electrode4???? 86
50 electrode4???? 66
51 electrode4???? 64
52 electrode4???? 52
53 electrode4???? 27
54 electrode4???? 26

[[7]]
??? electrode length
55 electrode3??? 260
56 electrode3??? 176
57 electrode3??? 137
58 electrode1??? 206
59 electrode1??? 194
60 electrode1??? 182
61 electrode1??? 172
62 electrode1??? 169

[[8]]
??? electrode length
63 electrode3??? 260
64 electrode3??? 176
65 electrode3??? 137
66 electrode2???? 82
67 electrode2???? 78
68 electrode2???? 70
69 electrode2???? 58

[[9]]
??? electrode length
70 electrode3??? 260
71 electrode3??? 176
72 electrode3??? 137
73 electrode4???? 86
74 electrode4???? 66
75 electrode4???? 64
76 electrode4???? 52
77 electrode4???? 27
78 electrode4???? 26

[[10]]
??? electrode length
79 electrode4???? 86
80 electrode4???? 66
81 electrode4???? 64
82 electrode4???? 52
83 electrode4???? 27
84 electrode4???? 26
85 electrode1??? 206
86 electrode1??? 194
87 electrode1??? 182
88 electrode1??? 172
89 electrode1??? 169

[[11]]
??? electrode length
90 electrode4???? 86
91 electrode4???? 66
92 electrode4???? 64
93 electrode4???? 52
94 electrode4???? 27
95 electrode4???? 26
96 electrode2???? 82
97 electrode2???? 78
98 electrode2???? 70
99 electrode2???? 58

[[12]]
???? electrode length
100 electrode4???? 86
101 electrode4???? 66
102 electrode4???? 64
103 electrode4???? 52
104 electrode4???? 27
105 electrode4???? 26
106 electrode3??? 260
107 electrode3??? 176
108 electrode3??? 137


A.K.




----- Original Message -----
From: "dennis1991 at gmx.net" <dennis1991 at gmx.net>
To: Rui Barradas <ruipbarradas at sapo.pt>; r-help at r-project.org
Cc: 
Sent: Friday, July 26, 2013 6:07 AM
Subject: Re: [R] How to split two levels several times?

Hi Rui & Arun,
really thanks for investing so much time to deal with this problem! The code works now for this specific example. However it is not generally robust for slightly different situations. For instance it cannot correctly handle a slight variation of the table where I have again 4 types of electrodes of certain lengths. Electrode4 exists only 6 times. At the transition of the combinations 3-4 and 4-1 there are 12 times electrode4 which stick together in the output $`9`. This leads to wrong splittings thereafter. Sorry for asking such tricky questions.

New table XXX

electrode??? length
electrode1??? 206
electrode1??? 194
electrode1??? 182
electrode1??? 172
electrode1??? 169
electrode2??? 82
electrode2??? 78
electrode2??? 70
electrode2??? 58
electrode1??? 206
electrode1??? 194
electrode1??? 182
electrode1??? 172
electrode1??? 169
electrode3??? 260
electrode3??? 176
electrode3??? 137
electrode1??? 206
electrode1??? 194
electrode1??? 182
electrode1??? 172
electrode1??? 169
electrode4??? 86
electrode4??? 66
electrode4??? 64
electrode4??? 52
electrode4??? 27
electrode4??? 26
electrode2??? 82
electrode2??? 78
electrode2??? 70
electrode2??? 58
electrode1??? 206
electrode1??? 194
electrode1??? 182
electrode1??? 172
electrode1??? 169
electrode2??? 82
electrode2??? 78
electrode2??? 70
electrode2??? 58
electrode3??? 260
electrode3??? 176
electrode3??? 137
electrode2??? 82
electrode2??? 78
electrode2??? 70
electrode2??? 58
electrode4??? 86
electrode4??? 66
electrode4??? 64
electrode4??? 52
electrode4??? 27
electrode4??? 26
electrode3??? 260
electrode3??? 176
electrode3??? 137
electrode1??? 206
electrode1??? 194
electrode1??? 182
electrode1??? 172
electrode1??? 169
electrode3??? 260
electrode3??? 176
electrode3??? 137
electrode2??? 82
electrode2??? 78
electrode2??? 70
electrode2??? 58
electrode3??? 260
electrode3??? 176
electrode3??? 137
electrode4??? 86
electrode4??? 66
electrode4??? 64
electrode4??? 52
electrode4??? 27
electrode4??? 26
electrode4??? 86
electrode4??? 66
electrode4??? 64
electrode4??? 52
electrode4??? 27
electrode4??? 26
electrode1??? 206
electrode1??? 194
electrode1??? 182
electrode1??? 172
electrode1??? 169
electrode4??? 86
electrode4??? 66
electrode4??? 64
electrode4??? 52
electrode4??? 27
electrode4??? 26
electrode2??? 82
electrode2??? 78
electrode2??? 70
electrode2??? 58
electrode4??? 86
electrode4??? 66
electrode4??? 64
electrode4??? 52
electrode4??? 27
electrode4??? 26
electrode3??? 260
electrode3??? 176
electrode3??? 137
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#
It would be better to wrap it in a function.

fun1<- function(x,colName,N,value){
rl<- rle(as.character(x[,colName]))
dat<-do.call(rbind,lapply(seq_along(rl$lengths),function(i){x1<-if(rl$values[i]==value & (rl$lengths[i]%/%N>1)) rep(N,rl$lengths[i]%/%N) else rl$lengths[i];data.frame(Len=x1,Val=rl$values[i])}))
lst1<-split(cumsum(dat[,1]),((seq_along(dat[,1])-1)%/%2)+1)
vec1<-sapply(lst1,max)
vec2<-c(1,vec1[-length(vec1)]+1)
res<-? lapply(seq_along(lst1),function(i) {x1<-lst1[[i]]; x[seq(vec2[i],max(x1)),]})
res
}

fun1(XXX,"electrode",6,"electrode4")
#Using previous dataset XXX, XXX1, XXX2
fun1(XXX,"electrode",3,"electrode1")

fun1(XXX1,"electrode",3,"electrode1")

fun1(XXX2,"electrode",3,"electrode1")
A.K.

----- Original Message -----
From: arun <smartpink111 at yahoo.com>
To: "dennis1991 at gmx.net" <dennis1991 at gmx.net>
Cc: R help <r-help at r-project.org>; Rui Barradas <ruipbarradas at sapo.pt>
Sent: Friday, July 26, 2013 9:26 AM
Subject: Re: [R] How to split two levels several times?



Hi Dennis,
I guess in this case, instead of "Eletrode1" occuring 3 times, it is "Electrode4" exists only 6 times.? If that is the situation:
just change:
XXX: data
rl<-rle(as.character(XXX$electrode))
?dat<-do.call(rbind,lapply(seq_along(rl$lengths),function(i){x1<-if(rl$values[i]=="electrode4" & (rl$lengths[i]%/%6>1)) rep(6,rl$lengths[i]%/%6) else rl$lengths[i];data.frame(Len=x1,Val=rl$values[i])}))
?lst1<-split(cumsum(dat[,1]),((seq_along(dat[,1])-1)%/%2)+1)
vec1<-sapply(lst1,max)
vec2<-c(1,vec1[-length(vec1)]+1)
res<-? lapply(seq_along(lst1),function(i) {x1<-lst1[[i]]; XXX[seq(vec2[i],max(x1)),]})
res
[[1]]
?? electrode length
1 electrode1??? 206
2 electrode1??? 194
3 electrode1??? 182
4 electrode1??? 172
5 electrode1??? 169
6 electrode2???? 82
7 electrode2???? 78
8 electrode2???? 70
9 electrode2???? 58

[[2]]
??? electrode length
10 electrode1??? 206
11 electrode1??? 194
12 electrode1??? 182
13 electrode1??? 172
14 electrode1??? 169
15 electrode3??? 260
16 electrode3??? 176
17 electrode3??? 137

[[3]]
??? electrode length
18 electrode1??? 206
19 electrode1??? 194
20 electrode1??? 182
21 electrode1??? 172
22 electrode1??? 169
23 electrode4???? 86
24 electrode4???? 66
25 electrode4???? 64
26 electrode4???? 52
27 electrode4???? 27
28 electrode4???? 26

[[4]]
??? electrode length
29 electrode2???? 82
30 electrode2???? 78
31 electrode2???? 70
32 electrode2???? 58
33 electrode1??? 206
34 electrode1??? 194
35 electrode1??? 182
36 electrode1??? 172
37 electrode1??? 169

[[5]]
??? electrode length
38 electrode2???? 82
39 electrode2???? 78
40 electrode2???? 70
41 electrode2???? 58
42 electrode3??? 260
43 electrode3??? 176
44 electrode3??? 137

[[6]]
??? electrode length
45 electrode2???? 82
46 electrode2???? 78
47 electrode2???? 70
48 electrode2???? 58
49 electrode4???? 86
50 electrode4???? 66
51 electrode4???? 64
52 electrode4???? 52
53 electrode4???? 27
54 electrode4???? 26

[[7]]
??? electrode length
55 electrode3??? 260
56 electrode3??? 176
57 electrode3??? 137
58 electrode1??? 206
59 electrode1??? 194
60 electrode1??? 182
61 electrode1??? 172
62 electrode1??? 169

[[8]]
??? electrode length
63 electrode3??? 260
64 electrode3??? 176
65 electrode3??? 137
66 electrode2???? 82
67 electrode2???? 78
68 electrode2???? 70
69 electrode2???? 58

[[9]]
??? electrode length
70 electrode3??? 260
71 electrode3??? 176
72 electrode3??? 137
73 electrode4???? 86
74 electrode4???? 66
75 electrode4???? 64
76 electrode4???? 52
77 electrode4???? 27
78 electrode4???? 26

[[10]]
??? electrode length
79 electrode4???? 86
80 electrode4???? 66
81 electrode4???? 64
82 electrode4???? 52
83 electrode4???? 27
84 electrode4???? 26
85 electrode1??? 206
86 electrode1??? 194
87 electrode1??? 182
88 electrode1??? 172
89 electrode1??? 169

[[11]]
??? electrode length
90 electrode4???? 86
91 electrode4???? 66
92 electrode4???? 64
93 electrode4???? 52
94 electrode4???? 27
95 electrode4???? 26
96 electrode2???? 82
97 electrode2???? 78
98 electrode2???? 70
99 electrode2???? 58

[[12]]
???? electrode length
100 electrode4???? 86
101 electrode4???? 66
102 electrode4???? 64
103 electrode4???? 52
104 electrode4???? 27
105 electrode4???? 26
106 electrode3??? 260
107 electrode3??? 176
108 electrode3??? 137


A.K.




----- Original Message -----
From: "dennis1991 at gmx.net" <dennis1991 at gmx.net>
To: Rui Barradas <ruipbarradas at sapo.pt>; r-help at r-project.org
Cc: 
Sent: Friday, July 26, 2013 6:07 AM
Subject: Re: [R] How to split two levels several times?

Hi Rui & Arun,
really thanks for investing so much time to deal with this problem! The code works now for this specific example. However it is not generally robust for slightly different situations. For instance it cannot correctly handle a slight variation of the table where I have again 4 types of electrodes of certain lengths. Electrode4 exists only 6 times. At the transition of the combinations 3-4 and 4-1 there are 12 times electrode4 which stick together in the output $`9`. This leads to wrong splittings thereafter. Sorry for asking such tricky questions.

New table XXX

electrode??? length
electrode1??? 206
electrode1??? 194
electrode1??? 182
electrode1??? 172
electrode1??? 169
electrode2??? 82
electrode2??? 78
electrode2??? 70
electrode2??? 58
electrode1??? 206
electrode1??? 194
electrode1??? 182
electrode1??? 172
electrode1??? 169
electrode3??? 260
electrode3??? 176
electrode3??? 137
electrode1??? 206
electrode1??? 194
electrode1??? 182
electrode1??? 172
electrode1??? 169
electrode4??? 86
electrode4??? 66
electrode4??? 64
electrode4??? 52
electrode4??? 27
electrode4??? 26
electrode2??? 82
electrode2??? 78
electrode2??? 70
electrode2??? 58
electrode1??? 206
electrode1??? 194
electrode1??? 182
electrode1??? 172
electrode1??? 169
electrode2??? 82
electrode2??? 78
electrode2??? 70
electrode2??? 58
electrode3??? 260
electrode3??? 176
electrode3??? 137
electrode2??? 82
electrode2??? 78
electrode2??? 70
electrode2??? 58
electrode4??? 86
electrode4??? 66
electrode4??? 64
electrode4??? 52
electrode4??? 27
electrode4??? 26
electrode3??? 260
electrode3??? 176
electrode3??? 137
electrode1??? 206
electrode1??? 194
electrode1??? 182
electrode1??? 172
electrode1??? 169
electrode3??? 260
electrode3??? 176
electrode3??? 137
electrode2??? 82
electrode2??? 78
electrode2??? 70
electrode2??? 58
electrode3??? 260
electrode3??? 176
electrode3??? 137
electrode4??? 86
electrode4??? 66
electrode4??? 64
electrode4??? 52
electrode4??? 27
electrode4??? 26
electrode4??? 86
electrode4??? 66
electrode4??? 64
electrode4??? 52
electrode4??? 27
electrode4??? 26
electrode1??? 206
electrode1??? 194
electrode1??? 182
electrode1??? 172
electrode1??? 169
electrode4??? 86
electrode4??? 66
electrode4??? 64
electrode4??? 52
electrode4??? 27
electrode4??? 26
electrode2??? 82
electrode2??? 78
electrode2??? 70
electrode2??? 58
electrode4??? 86
electrode4??? 66
electrode4??? 64
electrode4??? 52
electrode4??? 27
electrode4??? 26
electrode3??? 260
electrode3??? 176
electrode3??? 137
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Hi Arun, thanks. Great help. I tested the code for several tables and your function works well.
Dennis