Hello!
I would like to do some tables for several variables and I would like to write a
loop that does the table for each variable. I should also point out that my data
set has several missing observations and sometimes the observations that are
missing are not the same for all my variables.
What I would like to do:
table(StoreData$CompanyID,
!is.na(StoreData$P2))
table(StoreData$CompanyID,
!is.na(StoreData$P5))
If I run the above code, I get:
> table(StoreData$CompanyID,
+ !is.na(StoreData$P2))
FALSE TRUE
2 940 0
3 0 323
4 288 0
5 306 0
> table(StoreData$CompanyID,
+ !is.na(StoreData$P5))
FALSE TRUE
2 940 0
3 0 323
4 288 0
5 306 0
Here's the loop that I wrote, which does not work:
angus <- c(2,5)
for(i in angus) {
cut <- paste("StoreData$P",i, sep="")
table(StoreData$CompanyID, !is.na(cut))
}
When I run the above, I get the following error message:
Error in table(StoreData$CompanyID, !is.na(cut)) :
all arguments must have the same length> source(.trPaths[5], echo=TRUE, max.deparse.length=150)
Any help is greatly appreciated!
Stella
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Hi Stella,
in your coding 'cut' is a string, not a data object.
something like
cut <- paste("P",i, sep="")
table(StoreData$CompanyID, !is.na(StoreData[,cut]))
should work.
hth.
Am 09.02.2011 19:02, schrieb Rita Carreira:>
>
> Hello!
> I would like to do some tables for several variables and I would like to
write a loop that does the table for each variable. I should also point out that
my data set has several missing observations and sometimes the observations that
are missing are not the same for all my variables.
>
> What I would like to do:
>
> table(StoreData$CompanyID,
> !is.na(StoreData$P2))
> table(StoreData$CompanyID,
> !is.na(StoreData$P5))
>
> If I run the above code, I get:
>
>> table(StoreData$CompanyID,
> + !is.na(StoreData$P2))
>
> FALSE TRUE
> 2 940 0
> 3 0 323
> 4 288 0
> 5 306 0
>
>> table(StoreData$CompanyID,
> + !is.na(StoreData$P5))
>
> FALSE TRUE
> 2 940 0
> 3 0 323
> 4 288 0
> 5 306 0
>
>
> Here's the loop that I wrote, which does not work:
>
> angus <- c(2,5)
>
> for(i in angus) {
> cut <- paste("StoreData$P",i, sep="")
> table(StoreData$CompanyID, !is.na(cut))
> }
>
> When I run the above, I get the following error message:
>
> Error in table(StoreData$CompanyID, !is.na(cut)) :
> all arguments must have the same length
>> source(.trPaths[5], echo=TRUE, max.deparse.length=150)
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated!
> Stella
>
>
>
>
> [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
>
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--
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Institut f?r Medizinische Biometrie und Epidemiologie
Universit?tsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
Martinistr. 52
20246 Hamburg
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Try:
for(i in angus) {
cut <- StoreData[[paste("P", i)]]
table(StoreData$CompanyID, !is.na(cut))
}
On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 1:02 PM, Rita Carreira <ritacarreira at
hotmail.com> wrote:>
>
> Hello!
> I would like to do some tables for several variables and I would like to
write a loop that does the table for each variable. I should also point out that
my data set has several missing observations and sometimes the observations that
are missing are not the same for all my variables.
>
> What I would like to do:
>
> table(StoreData$CompanyID,
> ? ? ? ?!is.na(StoreData$P2))
> table(StoreData$CompanyID,
> ? ? ? ?!is.na(StoreData$P5))
>
> If I run the above code, I get:
>
>> table(StoreData$CompanyID,
> + ? ? ? ? !is.na(StoreData$P2))
>
> ? ?FALSE TRUE
> ?2 ? 940 ? ?0
> ?3 ? ? 0 ?323
> ?4 ? 288 ? ?0
> ?5 ? 306 ? ?0
>
>> table(StoreData$CompanyID,
> + ? ? ? ? !is.na(StoreData$P5))
>
> ? ?FALSE TRUE
> ?2 ? 940 ? ?0
> ?3 ? ? 0 ?323
> ?4 ? 288 ? ?0
> ?5 ? 306 ? ?0
>
>
> Here's the loop that I wrote, which does not work:
>
> angus <- c(2,5)
>
> for(i in angus) {
> ?cut <- paste("StoreData$P",i, sep="")
> ?table(StoreData$CompanyID, !is.na(cut))
> ?}
>
> When I run the above, I get the following error message:
>
> Error in table(StoreData$CompanyID, !is.na(cut)) :
> ?all arguments must have the same length
>> source(.trPaths[5], echo=TRUE, max.deparse.length=150)
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated!
> Stella
>
>
>
>
> ? ? ? ?[[alternative HTML version deleted]]
>
> ______________________________________________
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> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
> PLEASE do read the posting guide
http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
>
--
Jim Holtman
Data Munger Guru
What is the problem that you are trying to solve?
Hi Stella,
if you just want to print the tables, this should also work
for(i in angus) {
tab <- paste("table", i, sep="")
cut <- paste("P",i, sep = "")
print(table(StoreData$CompanyID, !is.na(StoreData[,cut])))
}
If you want to keep them, your approach works, but you can also store
them in a list
tabs<-list()
for(i in angus) {
tab <- paste("table", i, sep="")
cut <- paste("P",i, sep = "")
tabs[[i]]<-table(StoreData$CompanyID, !is.na(StoreData[,cut]))
}
this produces a list of 5 elements, where only 2 and 5 are populated.
Changing the last line to
tabs[[which(angus==i)]]<-table(StoreData$CompanyID, !is.na(StoreData[,cut]))
produces a list of 2 elements, but the information on "angus" is lost.
best regards
Am 11.02.2011 15:41, schrieb Rita Carreira:> Thanks so much, that worked well; however, it did not print the tables.
> I went around it and did the following, which worked:
>
> for(i in angus) {
> tab <- paste("table", i, sep="")
> cut <- paste("P",i, sep = "")
> t <- table(StoreData$CompanyID, !is.na(StoreData[,cut]))
> assign(tab,t)
> }
>
> table2
> table5
>
> Is this the only way? Could I not have put table2 and table5 with an i
> index inside the loop?
>
> Sorry to bother you.
> Stella
>
>
>> Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 20:15:23 +0100
>> From: E.Vettorazzi at uke.uni-hamburg.de
>> To: ritacarreira at hotmail.com
>> CC: r-help at r-project.org
>> Subject: Re: [R] Loop in variable names
>>
>> Hi Stella,
>> in your coding 'cut' is a string, not a data object.
>>
>> something like
>> cut <- paste("P",i, sep="")
>> table(StoreData$CompanyID, !is.na(StoreData[,cut]))
>>
>> should work.
>>
>> hth.
>>
>> Am 09.02.2011 19:02, schrieb Rita Carreira:
>> >
>> >
>> > Hello!
>> > I would like to do some tables for several variables and I would
> like to write a loop that does the table for each variable. I should
> also point out that my data set has several missing observations and
> sometimes the observations that are missing are not the same for all my
> variables.
>> >
>> > What I would like to do:
>> >
>> > table(StoreData$CompanyID,
>> > !is.na(StoreData$P2))
>> > table(StoreData$CompanyID,
>> > !is.na(StoreData$P5))
>> >
>> > If I run the above code, I get:
>> >
>> >> table(StoreData$CompanyID,
>> > + !is.na(StoreData$P2))
>> >
>> > FALSE TRUE
>> > 2 940 0
>> > 3 0 323
>> > 4 288 0
>> > 5 306 0
>> >
>> >> table(StoreData$CompanyID,
>> > + !is.na(StoreData$P5))
>> >
>> > FALSE TRUE
>> > 2 940 0
>> > 3 0 323
>> > 4 288 0
>> > 5 306 0
>> >
>> >
>> > Here's the loop that I wrote, which does not work:
>> >
>> > angus <- c(2,5)
>> >
>> > for(i in angus) {
>> > cut <- paste("StoreData$P",i, sep="")
>> > table(StoreData$CompanyID, !is.na(cut))
>> > }
>> >
>> > When I run the above, I get the following error message:
>> >
>> > Error in table(StoreData$CompanyID, !is.na(cut)) :
>> > all arguments must have the same length
>> >> source(.trPaths[5], echo=TRUE, max.deparse.length=150)
>> >
>> > Any help is greatly appreciated!
>> > Stella
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
>> >
>> > ______________________________________________
>> > R-help at r-project.org mailing list
>> > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
>> > PLEASE do read the posting guide
> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
>> > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Eik Vettorazzi
>> Institut f?r Medizinische Biometrie und Epidemiologie
>> Universit?tsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
>>
>> Martinistr. 52
>> 20246 Hamburg
>>
>> T ++49/40/7410-58243
>> F ++49/40/7410-57790
--
Eik Vettorazzi
Institut f?r Medizinische Biometrie und Epidemiologie
Universit?tsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
Martinistr. 52
20246 Hamburg
T ++49/40/7410-58243
F ++49/40/7410-57790
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