R help - Oct 2017 - Help needed with aggregate or other solution

Hello all!

I've been struggling with is for many hours today; I'm close to getting
what I want, but not close enough...

I have a dataframe consisting of two date-time columns followed by two
numeric columns. what I need is the max value (in the first numeric column)
based on the 2nd date-time column, which is essentially a factor. But, I
want the result to provide both date-time values corresponding to the max
value.

My data:

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"2012-05-22 14:18:00",
"2012-05-23 14:14:00", "2012-05-24 13:52:00"), class =
"factor"),
    fcst = c(38.7, 38.9, 39.2, 39.8, 40.5, 41.5, 42.5, 43.1,
    43.9, 44.5, 44.8, 45, 45, 45.1, 45.4, 45.8, 46.4, 47, 47.5,
    47.9, 39.2, 40, 41.8, 42.2, 42.8, 44.4, 45.7, 46.2, 46.2,
    46.2, 46.5, 47, 47.5, 47.9, 48.4, 49, 49.5, 49.9, 50.2, 50.4,
    41.3, 42.5, 42.8, 42.8, 42.8, 42.9, 43, 43.3, 43.5, 43.8),
    usgs = c(38.5, 38.6, 38.6, 38.6, 39.1, 39.8, 41.2, 42.9,
    43.4, 43.6, 43.4, 43.1, 43, 43.1, 43.5, 43.8, 44.1, 44.2,
    44.4, 44.5, 39.1, 39.8, 41.2, 42.9, 43.4, 43.6, 43.4, 43.1,
    43, 43.1, 43.5, 43.8, 44.1, 44.2, 44.4, 44.5, 44.5, 44.5,
    44.6, 44.2, 41.2, 42.9, 43.4, 43.6, 43.4, 43.1, 43, 43.1,
    43.5, 43.8)), .Names = c("date", "basistime",
"fcst", "usgs"
), row.names = c(NA, 50L), class = "data.frame")

aggregate(fcst ~ basistime,data=legacy, FUN= max)

A snippet...

              basistime fcst
1   2012-01-25 15:02:00 47.9
2   2012-01-26 15:11:00 50.4
3   2012-01-27 01:41:00 46.0
4   2012-01-27 10:15:00 47.3
5   2012-01-27 15:15:00 47.3
6   2012-01-28 14:22:00 46.2
7   2012-01-29 13:33:00 45.8
8   2012-01-30 14:11:00 44.8
9   2012-01-31 14:24:00 43.9
10  2012-02-01 14:55:00 41.1
11  2012-02-02 14:56:00 38.1
12  2012-02-03 14:40:00 36.2
13  2012-02-04 15:01:00 34.7
14  2012-02-05 15:04:00 33.1
15  2012-02-06 14:37:00 32.2

This is what I want, except I need the other corresponding date-time column
as well. I've tried this with the date-times as factors and as POSIXct
values and using many of the combinations suggested in the documentation
and other examples. The closest I can get returns the second date as a
numeric value:

aggregate(cbind(fcst,date) ~ basistime,data=legacy, FUN= max)

Produces:

              basistime fcst       date
1   2012-01-25 15:02:00 47.9 1327942800
2   2012-01-26 15:11:00 50.4 1328029200
3   2012-01-27 01:41:00 46.0 1328072400
4   2012-01-27 10:15:00 47.3 1328032800
5   2012-01-27 15:15:00 47.3 1328115600
6   2012-01-28 14:22:00 46.2 1328202000
7   2012-01-29 13:33:00 45.8 1328288400
8   2012-01-30 14:11:00 44.8 1328374800
9   2012-01-31 14:24:00 43.9 1328461200
10  2012-02-01 14:55:00 41.1 1328547600
11  2012-02-02 14:56:00 38.1 1328634000
12  2012-02-03 14:40:00 36.2 1328720400
13  2012-02-04 15:01:00 34.7 1328806800
14  2012-02-05 15:04:00 33.1 1328893200
15  2012-02-06 14:37:00 32.2 1328979600
16  2012-02-07 14:42:00 31.2 1329066000
17  2012-02-08 14:44:00 30.4 1329152400
18  2012-02-09 14:27:00 30.0 1329238800


Help is greatly appreciated!

Regards,
Tom

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Thanks for the dput...

#### reproducible example of split-apply-combine ###

dta <- structure(list(date = structure(c(1L, 2L, 3L, 4L, 5L, 6L, 7L,
8L, 9L, 10L, 11L, 12L, 13L, 14L, 15L, 16L, 17L, 18L, 19L, 20L,
5L, 6L, 7L, 8L, 9L, 10L, 11L, 12L, 13L, 14L, 15L, 16L, 17L, 18L,
19L, 20L, 21L, 22L, 23L, 24L, 7L, 8L, 9L, 10L, 11L, 12L, 13L,
14L, 15L, 16L), .Label = c("2012-01-25 18:00:00", "2012-01-26
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"2012-05-21 18:00:00",
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"2012-05-22 12:00:00",
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"2012-05-23 06:00:00",
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"2012-05-25 12:00:00",
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"2012-05-26 06:00:00",
"2012-05-26 12:00:00", "2012-05-26 18:00:00",
"2012-05-27 00:00:00",
"2012-05-27 06:00:00", "2012-05-27 12:00:00",
"2012-05-27 18:00:00",
"2012-05-28 00:00:00", "2012-05-28 06:00:00",
"2012-05-28 12:00:00",
"2012-05-28 18:00:00", "2012-05-29 00:00:00",
"2012-05-29 06:00:00",
"2012-05-29 12:00:00"), class = "factor"), basistime =
structure(c(1L,
1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L,
1L, 1L, 1L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L,
2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L,
3L), .Label = c("2012-01-25 15:02:00", "2012-01-26
15:11:00",
"2012-01-27 01:41:00", "2012-01-27 10:15:00",
"2012-01-27 15:15:00",
"2012-01-28 14:22:00", "2012-01-29 13:33:00",
"2012-01-30 14:11:00",
"2012-01-31 14:24:00", "2012-02-01 14:55:00",
"2012-02-02 14:56:00",
"2012-02-03 14:40:00", "2012-02-04 15:01:00",
"2012-02-05 15:04:00",
"2012-02-06 14:37:00", "2012-02-07 14:42:00",
"2012-02-08 14:44:00",
"2012-02-09 14:27:00", "2012-02-10 14:33:00",
"2012-02-11 15:05:00",
"2012-02-12 15:09:00", "2012-02-13 15:00:00",
"2012-02-14 15:10:00",
"2012-02-15 14:46:00", "2012-02-16 14:42:00",
"2012-02-17 14:14:00",
"2012-02-18 15:27:00", "2012-02-19 13:13:00",
"2012-02-20 13:56:00",
"2012-02-21 14:39:00", "2012-02-22 15:33:00",
"2012-02-23 15:14:00",
"2012-02-24 15:14:00", "2012-02-25 14:25:00",
"2012-02-26 14:08:00",
"2012-02-27 14:55:00", "2012-02-28 14:40:00",
"2012-02-29 14:45:00",
"2012-03-01 15:18:00", "2012-03-02 15:18:00",
"2012-03-03 15:43:00",
"2012-03-04 15:16:00", "2012-03-05 15:17:00",
"2012-03-06 15:03:00",
"2012-03-07 14:44:00", "2012-03-08 14:53:00",
"2012-03-09 15:10:00",
"2012-03-10 14:43:00", "2012-03-11 13:37:00",
"2012-03-12 14:58:00",
"2012-03-13 14:36:00", "2012-03-14 13:49:00",
"2012-03-15 14:32:00",
"2012-03-16 15:01:00", "2012-03-17 13:55:00",
"2012-03-18 13:44:00",
"2012-03-19 13:55:00", "2012-03-20 13:53:00",
"2012-03-21 14:07:00",
"2012-03-22 14:03:00", "2012-03-23 14:30:00",
"2012-03-24 14:47:00",
"2012-03-25 14:32:00", "2012-03-26 14:41:00",
"2012-03-27 13:51:00",
"2012-03-28 13:32:00", "2012-03-29 13:59:00",
"2012-03-30 14:15:00",
"2012-03-31 14:12:00", "2012-04-01 14:30:00",
"2012-04-02 13:43:00",
"2012-04-03 13:54:00", "2012-04-04 13:45:00",
"2012-04-05 13:46:00",
"2012-04-06 13:41:00", "2012-04-07 13:13:00",
"2012-04-08 12:59:00",
"2012-04-09 13:53:00", "2012-04-10 14:15:00",
"2012-04-11 14:26:00",
"2012-04-12 14:05:00", "2012-04-13 13:37:00",
"2012-04-14 13:52:00",
"2012-04-15 15:00:00", "2012-04-16 14:42:00",
"2012-04-17 14:21:00",
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"2012-04-20 15:14:00",
"2012-04-21 14:46:00", "2012-04-22 14:44:00",
"2012-04-23 14:33:00",
"2012-04-24 14:41:00", "2012-04-25 14:13:00",
"2012-04-26 14:19:00",
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"2012-04-29 14:12:00",
"2012-04-30 13:53:00", "2012-05-02 14:41:00",
"2012-05-03 15:01:00",
"2012-05-04 15:21:00", "2012-05-05 14:57:00",
"2012-05-06 14:09:00",
"2012-05-07 14:30:00", "2012-05-08 14:05:00",
"2012-05-08 21:21:00",
"2012-05-09 15:02:00", "2012-05-10 14:27:00",
"2012-05-11 14:47:00",
"2012-05-12 13:24:00", "2012-05-13 14:40:00",
"2012-05-13 19:24:00",
"2012-05-14 14:33:00", "2012-05-15 14:39:00",
"2012-05-16 14:07:00",
"2012-05-17 13:42:00", "2012-05-18 14:30:00",
"2012-05-19 13:59:00",
"2012-05-20 14:14:00", "2012-05-21 14:15:00",
"2012-05-22 14:18:00",
"2012-05-23 14:14:00", "2012-05-24 13:52:00"), class =
"factor"),
     fcst = c(38.7, 38.9, 39.2, 39.8, 40.5, 41.5, 42.5, 43.1,
     43.9, 44.5, 44.8, 45, 45, 45.1, 45.4, 45.8, 46.4, 47, 47.5,
     47.9, 39.2, 40, 41.8, 42.2, 42.8, 44.4, 45.7, 46.2, 46.2,
     46.2, 46.5, 47, 47.5, 47.9, 48.4, 49, 49.5, 49.9, 50.2, 50.4,
     41.3, 42.5, 42.8, 42.8, 42.8, 42.9, 43, 43.3, 43.5, 43.8),
     usgs = c(38.5, 38.6, 38.6, 38.6, 39.1, 39.8, 41.2, 42.9,
     43.4, 43.6, 43.4, 43.1, 43, 43.1, 43.5, 43.8, 44.1, 44.2,
     44.4, 44.5, 39.1, 39.8, 41.2, 42.9, 43.4, 43.6, 43.4, 43.1,
     43, 43.1, 43.5, 43.8, 44.1, 44.2, 44.4, 44.5, 44.5, 44.5,
     44.6, 44.2, 41.2, 42.9, 43.4, 43.6, 43.4, 43.1, 43, 43.1,
     43.5, 43.8)), .Names = c("date", "basistime",
"fcst", "usgs"
), row.names = c(NA, 50L), class = "data.frame")

Sys.setenv( "Etc/GMT+8" ) # or whatever is appropriate
#> Error in Sys.setenv("Etc/GMT+8"): all arguments must be named

dta2 <- dta
# bad idea to work with dates as factors
dta2$date <- as.POSIXct( as.character( dta2$date ) )
dta2$basistime <- as.POSIXct( as.character( dta2$basistime ) )

# base R solution

dates <- unique( dta2$date )
dta2list <- split( dta2, dta2$date )
grplist <- lapply( dta2list
                  , function( DF ) {
                      DF[ which.max( DF$fcst ), ]
                    }
                  )
result2 <- do.call( rbind, grplist )
result2
#>                                    date           basistime fcst usgs
#> 2012-01-25 18:00:00 2012-01-25 18:00:00 2012-01-25 15:02:00 38.7 38.5
#> 2012-01-26 00:00:00 2012-01-26 00:00:00 2012-01-25 15:02:00 38.9 38.6
#> 2012-01-26 06:00:00 2012-01-26 06:00:00 2012-01-25 15:02:00 39.2 38.6
#> 2012-01-26 12:00:00 2012-01-26 12:00:00 2012-01-25 15:02:00 39.8 38.6
#> 2012-01-26 18:00:00 2012-01-26 18:00:00 2012-01-25 15:02:00 40.5 39.1
#> 2012-01-27 00:00:00 2012-01-27 00:00:00 2012-01-25 15:02:00 41.5 39.8
#> 2012-01-27 06:00:00 2012-01-27 06:00:00 2012-01-25 15:02:00 42.5 41.2
#> 2012-01-27 12:00:00 2012-01-27 12:00:00 2012-01-25 15:02:00 43.1 42.9
#> 2012-01-27 18:00:00 2012-01-27 18:00:00 2012-01-25 15:02:00 43.9 43.4
#> 2012-01-28 00:00:00 2012-01-28 00:00:00 2012-01-25 15:02:00 44.5 43.6
#> 2012-01-28 06:00:00 2012-01-28 06:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 45.7 43.4
#> 2012-01-28 12:00:00 2012-01-28 12:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 46.2 43.1
#> 2012-01-28 18:00:00 2012-01-28 18:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 46.2 43.0
#> 2012-01-29 00:00:00 2012-01-29 00:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 46.2 43.1
#> 2012-01-29 06:00:00 2012-01-29 06:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 46.5 43.5
#> 2012-01-29 12:00:00 2012-01-29 12:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 47.0 43.8
#> 2012-01-29 18:00:00 2012-01-29 18:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 47.5 44.1
#> 2012-01-30 00:00:00 2012-01-30 00:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 47.9 44.2
#> 2012-01-30 06:00:00 2012-01-30 06:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 48.4 44.4
#> 2012-01-30 12:00:00 2012-01-30 12:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 49.0 44.5
#> 2012-01-30 18:00:00 2012-01-30 18:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 49.5 44.5
#> 2012-01-31 00:00:00 2012-01-31 00:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 49.9 44.5
#> 2012-01-31 06:00:00 2012-01-31 06:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 50.2 44.6
#> 2012-01-31 12:00:00 2012-01-31 12:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 50.4 44.2

# alternately, use tidyverse

library(dplyr)
#>
#> Attaching package: 'dplyr'
#> The following objects are masked from 'package:stats':
#>
#>     filter, lag
#> The following objects are masked from 'package:base':
#>
#>     intersect, setdiff, setequal, union
result3 <- (   dta2
            %>% group_by( date )
            %>% do({
                  DF <- .
                  DF[ which.max( DF$fcst ), ]
                })
            %>% ungroup
            %>% as.data.frame
            )
result3
#>                   date           basistime fcst usgs
#> 1  2012-01-25 18:00:00 2012-01-25 15:02:00 38.7 38.5
#> 2  2012-01-26 00:00:00 2012-01-25 15:02:00 38.9 38.6
#> 3  2012-01-26 06:00:00 2012-01-25 15:02:00 39.2 38.6
#> 4  2012-01-26 12:00:00 2012-01-25 15:02:00 39.8 38.6
#> 5  2012-01-26 18:00:00 2012-01-25 15:02:00 40.5 39.1
#> 6  2012-01-27 00:00:00 2012-01-25 15:02:00 41.5 39.8
#> 7  2012-01-27 06:00:00 2012-01-25 15:02:00 42.5 41.2
#> 8  2012-01-27 12:00:00 2012-01-25 15:02:00 43.1 42.9
#> 9  2012-01-27 18:00:00 2012-01-25 15:02:00 43.9 43.4
#> 10 2012-01-28 00:00:00 2012-01-25 15:02:00 44.5 43.6
#> 11 2012-01-28 06:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 45.7 43.4
#> 12 2012-01-28 12:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 46.2 43.1
#> 13 2012-01-28 18:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 46.2 43.0
#> 14 2012-01-29 00:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 46.2 43.1
#> 15 2012-01-29 06:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 46.5 43.5
#> 16 2012-01-29 12:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 47.0 43.8
#> 17 2012-01-29 18:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 47.5 44.1
#> 18 2012-01-30 00:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 47.9 44.2
#> 19 2012-01-30 06:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 48.4 44.4
#> 20 2012-01-30 12:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 49.0 44.5
#> 21 2012-01-30 18:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 49.5 44.5
#> 22 2012-01-31 00:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 49.9 44.5
#> 23 2012-01-31 06:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 50.2 44.6
#> 24 2012-01-31 12:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 50.4 44.2

####################################################


On Thu, 26 Oct 2017, Thomas Adams wrote:
> Hello all!
>
> I've been struggling with is for many hours today; I'm close to
getting
> what I want, but not close enough...
>
> I have a dataframe consisting of two date-time columns followed by two
> numeric columns. what I need is the max value (in the first numeric column)
> based on the 2nd date-time column, which is essentially a factor. But, I
> want the result to provide both date-time values corresponding to the max
> value.
>
> My data:
>
> structure(list(date = structure(c(1L, 2L, 3L, 4L, 5L, 6L, 7L,
> 8L, 9L, 10L, 11L, 12L, 13L, 14L, 15L, 16L, 17L, 18L, 19L, 20L,
> 5L, 6L, 7L, 8L, 9L, 10L, 11L, 12L, 13L, 14L, 15L, 16L, 17L, 18L,
> 19L, 20L, 21L, 22L, 23L, 24L, 7L, 8L, 9L, 10L, 11L, 12L, 13L,
> 14L, 15L, 16L), .Label = c("2012-01-25 18:00:00",
"2012-01-26 00:00:00",
> "2012-01-26 06:00:00", "2012-01-26 12:00:00",
"2012-01-26 18:00:00",
> "2012-01-27 00:00:00", "2012-01-27 06:00:00",
"2012-01-27 12:00:00",
> "2012-01-27 18:00:00", "2012-01-28 00:00:00",
"2012-01-28 06:00:00",
> "2012-01-28 12:00:00", "2012-01-28 18:00:00",
"2012-01-29 00:00:00",
> "2012-01-29 06:00:00", "2012-01-29 12:00:00",
"2012-01-29 18:00:00",
> "2012-01-30 00:00:00", "2012-01-30 06:00:00",
"2012-01-30 12:00:00",
> "2012-01-30 18:00:00", "2012-01-31 00:00:00",
"2012-01-31 06:00:00",
> "2012-01-31 12:00:00", "2012-01-31 13:00:00",
"2012-01-31 18:00:00",
> "2012-02-01 00:00:00", "2012-02-01 06:00:00",
"2012-02-01 12:00:00",
> "2012-02-01 18:00:00", "2012-02-02 00:00:00",
"2012-02-02 06:00:00",
> "2012-02-02 12:00:00", "2012-02-02 18:00:00",
"2012-02-03 00:00:00",
> "2012-02-03 06:00:00", "2012-02-03 12:00:00",
"2012-02-03 18:00:00",
> "2012-02-04 00:00:00", "2012-02-04 06:00:00",
"2012-02-04 12:00:00",
> "2012-02-04 18:00:00", "2012-02-05 00:00:00",
"2012-02-05 06:00:00",
> "2012-02-05 12:00:00", "2012-02-05 18:00:00",
"2012-02-06 00:00:00",
> "2012-02-06 06:00:00", "2012-02-06 12:00:00",
"2012-02-06 18:00:00",
> "2012-02-07 00:00:00", "2012-02-07 06:00:00",
"2012-02-07 12:00:00",
> "2012-02-07 18:00:00", "2012-02-08 00:00:00",
"2012-02-08 06:00:00",
> "2012-02-08 12:00:00", "2012-02-08 18:00:00",
"2012-02-09 00:00:00",
> "2012-02-09 06:00:00", "2012-02-09 12:00:00",
"2012-02-09 18:00:00",
> "2012-02-10 00:00:00", "2012-02-10 06:00:00",
"2012-02-10 12:00:00",
> "2012-02-10 18:00:00", "2012-02-11 00:00:00",
"2012-02-11 06:00:00",
> "2012-02-11 12:00:00", "2012-02-11 18:00:00",
"2012-02-12 00:00:00",
> "2012-02-12 06:00:00", "2012-02-12 12:00:00",
"2012-02-12 18:00:00",
> "2012-02-13 00:00:00", "2012-02-13 06:00:00",
"2012-02-13 12:00:00",
> "2012-02-13 18:00:00", "2012-02-14 00:00:00",
"2012-02-14 06:00:00",
> "2012-02-14 12:00:00", "2012-02-14 18:00:00",
"2012-02-15 00:00:00",
> "2012-02-15 06:00:00", "2012-02-15 12:00:00",
"2012-02-15 18:00:00",
> "2012-02-16 00:00:00", "2012-02-16 06:00:00",
"2012-02-16 12:00:00",
> "2012-02-16 18:00:00", "2012-02-17 00:00:00",
"2012-02-17 06:00:00",
> "2012-02-17 12:00:00", "2012-02-17 18:00:00",
"2012-02-18 00:00:00",
> "2012-02-18 06:00:00", "2012-02-18 12:00:00",
"2012-02-18 18:00:00",
> "2012-02-19 00:00:00", "2012-02-19 06:00:00",
"2012-02-19 12:00:00",
> "2012-02-19 18:00:00", "2012-02-20 00:00:00",
"2012-02-20 06:00:00",
> "2012-02-20 12:00:00", "2012-02-20 18:00:00",
"2012-02-21 00:00:00",
> "2012-02-21 06:00:00", "2012-02-21 12:00:00",
"2012-02-21 18:00:00",
> "2012-02-22 00:00:00", "2012-02-22 06:00:00",
"2012-02-22 12:00:00",
> "2012-02-22 18:00:00", "2012-02-23 00:00:00",
"2012-02-23 06:00:00",
> "2012-02-23 12:00:00", "2012-02-23 18:00:00",
"2012-02-24 00:00:00",
> "2012-02-24 06:00:00", "2012-02-24 12:00:00",
"2012-02-24 18:00:00",
> "2012-02-25 00:00:00", "2012-02-25 06:00:00",
"2012-02-25 12:00:00",
> "2012-02-25 18:00:00", "2012-02-26 00:00:00",
"2012-02-26 06:00:00",
> "2012-02-26 12:00:00", "2012-02-26 18:00:00",
"2012-02-27 00:00:00",
> "2012-02-27 06:00:00", "2012-02-27 12:00:00",
"2012-02-27 18:00:00",
> "2012-02-28 00:00:00", "2012-02-28 06:00:00",
"2012-02-28 12:00:00",
> "2012-02-28 18:00:00", "2012-02-29 00:00:00",
"2012-02-29 06:00:00",
> "2012-02-29 12:00:00", "2012-02-29 18:00:00",
"2012-03-01 00:00:00",
> "2012-03-01 06:00:00", "2012-03-01 12:00:00",
"2012-03-01 18:00:00",
> "2012-03-02 00:00:00", "2012-03-02 06:00:00",
"2012-03-02 12:00:00",
> "2012-03-02 18:00:00", "2012-03-03 00:00:00",
"2012-03-03 06:00:00",
> "2012-03-03 12:00:00", "2012-03-03 18:00:00",
"2012-03-04 00:00:00",
> "2012-03-04 06:00:00", "2012-03-04 12:00:00",
"2012-03-04 18:00:00",
> "2012-03-05 00:00:00", "2012-03-05 06:00:00",
"2012-03-05 12:00:00",
> "2012-03-05 18:00:00", "2012-03-06 00:00:00",
"2012-03-06 06:00:00",
> "2012-03-06 12:00:00", "2012-03-06 18:00:00",
"2012-03-07 00:00:00",
> "2012-03-07 06:00:00", "2012-03-07 12:00:00",
"2012-03-07 18:00:00",
> "2012-03-08 00:00:00", "2012-03-08 06:00:00",
"2012-03-08 12:00:00",
> "2012-03-08 18:00:00", "2012-03-09 00:00:00",
"2012-03-09 06:00:00",
> "2012-03-09 12:00:00", "2012-03-09 18:00:00",
"2012-03-10 00:00:00",
> "2012-03-10 06:00:00", "2012-03-10 12:00:00",
"2012-03-10 18:00:00",
> "2012-03-11 00:00:00", "2012-03-11 06:00:00",
"2012-03-11 12:00:00",
> "2012-03-11 18:00:00", "2012-03-12 00:00:00",
"2012-03-12 06:00:00",
> "2012-03-12 12:00:00", "2012-03-12 18:00:00",
"2012-03-13 00:00:00",
> "2012-03-13 06:00:00", "2012-03-13 12:00:00",
"2012-03-13 18:00:00",
> "2012-03-14 00:00:00", "2012-03-14 06:00:00",
"2012-03-14 12:00:00",
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"2012-03-24 06:00:00",
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> "2012-03-26 00:00:00", "2012-03-26 06:00:00",
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> "2012-03-26 18:00:00", "2012-03-27 00:00:00",
"2012-03-27 06:00:00",
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> "2012-03-28 06:00:00", "2012-03-28 12:00:00",
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> "2012-04-04 18:00:00", "2012-04-05 00:00:00",
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> "2012-04-05 12:00:00", "2012-04-05 18:00:00",
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> "2012-04-06 06:00:00", "2012-04-06 12:00:00",
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> "2012-04-07 00:00:00", "2012-04-07 06:00:00",
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> "2012-04-07 18:00:00", "2012-04-08 00:00:00",
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> "2012-04-08 12:00:00", "2012-04-08 18:00:00",
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> "2012-04-09 06:00:00", "2012-04-09 12:00:00",
"2012-04-09 18:00:00",
> "2012-04-10 00:00:00", "2012-04-10 06:00:00",
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> "2012-04-10 18:00:00", "2012-04-11 00:00:00",
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> "2012-04-12 06:00:00", "2012-04-12 12:00:00",
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> "2012-04-13 00:00:00", "2012-04-13 06:00:00",
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> "2012-04-13 18:00:00", "2012-04-14 00:00:00",
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> "2012-04-14 12:00:00", "2012-04-14 18:00:00",
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> "2012-04-15 06:00:00", "2012-04-15 12:00:00",
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> "2012-04-16 18:00:00", "2012-04-17 00:00:00",
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> "2012-04-25 00:00:00", "2012-04-25 06:00:00",
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> "2012-04-25 18:00:00", "2012-04-26 00:00:00",
"2012-04-26 06:00:00",
> "2012-04-26 12:00:00", "2012-04-26 18:00:00",
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> "2012-04-27 06:00:00", "2012-04-27 12:00:00",
"2012-04-27 18:00:00",
> "2012-04-28 00:00:00", "2012-04-28 06:00:00",
"2012-04-28 12:00:00",
> "2012-04-28 18:00:00", "2012-04-29 00:00:00",
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> "2012-04-29 12:00:00", "2012-04-29 18:00:00",
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> "2012-05-14 12:00:00", "2012-05-14 18:00:00",
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> "2012-05-15 06:00:00", "2012-05-15 12:00:00",
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> "2012-05-16 00:00:00", "2012-05-16 06:00:00",
"2012-05-16 12:00:00",
> "2012-05-16 18:00:00", "2012-05-17 00:00:00",
"2012-05-17 06:00:00",
> "2012-05-17 12:00:00", "2012-05-17 18:00:00",
"2012-05-18 00:00:00",
> "2012-05-18 06:00:00", "2012-05-18 12:00:00",
"2012-05-18 18:00:00",
> "2012-05-19 00:00:00", "2012-05-19 06:00:00",
"2012-05-19 12:00:00",
> "2012-05-19 18:00:00", "2012-05-20 00:00:00",
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> "2012-05-20 12:00:00", "2012-05-20 18:00:00",
"2012-05-21 00:00:00",
> "2012-05-21 06:00:00", "2012-05-21 12:00:00",
"2012-05-21 18:00:00",
> "2012-05-22 00:00:00", "2012-05-22 06:00:00",
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"2012-05-23 06:00:00",
> "2012-05-23 12:00:00", "2012-05-23 18:00:00",
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> "2012-05-24 06:00:00", "2012-05-24 12:00:00",
"2012-05-24 18:00:00",
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"2012-05-25 12:00:00",
> "2012-05-25 18:00:00", "2012-05-26 00:00:00",
"2012-05-26 06:00:00",
> "2012-05-26 12:00:00", "2012-05-26 18:00:00",
"2012-05-27 00:00:00",
> "2012-05-27 06:00:00", "2012-05-27 12:00:00",
"2012-05-27 18:00:00",
> "2012-05-28 00:00:00", "2012-05-28 06:00:00",
"2012-05-28 12:00:00",
> "2012-05-28 18:00:00", "2012-05-29 00:00:00",
"2012-05-29 06:00:00",
> "2012-05-29 12:00:00"), class = "factor"), basistime =
structure(c(1L,
> 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L,
> 1L, 1L, 1L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L,
> 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L,
> 3L), .Label = c("2012-01-25 15:02:00", "2012-01-26
15:11:00",
> "2012-01-27 01:41:00", "2012-01-27 10:15:00",
"2012-01-27 15:15:00",
> "2012-01-28 14:22:00", "2012-01-29 13:33:00",
"2012-01-30 14:11:00",
> "2012-01-31 14:24:00", "2012-02-01 14:55:00",
"2012-02-02 14:56:00",
> "2012-02-03 14:40:00", "2012-02-04 15:01:00",
"2012-02-05 15:04:00",
> "2012-02-06 14:37:00", "2012-02-07 14:42:00",
"2012-02-08 14:44:00",
> "2012-02-09 14:27:00", "2012-02-10 14:33:00",
"2012-02-11 15:05:00",
> "2012-02-12 15:09:00", "2012-02-13 15:00:00",
"2012-02-14 15:10:00",
> "2012-02-15 14:46:00", "2012-02-16 14:42:00",
"2012-02-17 14:14:00",
> "2012-02-18 15:27:00", "2012-02-19 13:13:00",
"2012-02-20 13:56:00",
> "2012-02-21 14:39:00", "2012-02-22 15:33:00",
"2012-02-23 15:14:00",
> "2012-02-24 15:14:00", "2012-02-25 14:25:00",
"2012-02-26 14:08:00",
> "2012-02-27 14:55:00", "2012-02-28 14:40:00",
"2012-02-29 14:45:00",
> "2012-03-01 15:18:00", "2012-03-02 15:18:00",
"2012-03-03 15:43:00",
> "2012-03-04 15:16:00", "2012-03-05 15:17:00",
"2012-03-06 15:03:00",
> "2012-03-07 14:44:00", "2012-03-08 14:53:00",
"2012-03-09 15:10:00",
> "2012-03-10 14:43:00", "2012-03-11 13:37:00",
"2012-03-12 14:58:00",
> "2012-03-13 14:36:00", "2012-03-14 13:49:00",
"2012-03-15 14:32:00",
> "2012-03-16 15:01:00", "2012-03-17 13:55:00",
"2012-03-18 13:44:00",
> "2012-03-19 13:55:00", "2012-03-20 13:53:00",
"2012-03-21 14:07:00",
> "2012-03-22 14:03:00", "2012-03-23 14:30:00",
"2012-03-24 14:47:00",
> "2012-03-25 14:32:00", "2012-03-26 14:41:00",
"2012-03-27 13:51:00",
> "2012-03-28 13:32:00", "2012-03-29 13:59:00",
"2012-03-30 14:15:00",
> "2012-03-31 14:12:00", "2012-04-01 14:30:00",
"2012-04-02 13:43:00",
> "2012-04-03 13:54:00", "2012-04-04 13:45:00",
"2012-04-05 13:46:00",
> "2012-04-06 13:41:00", "2012-04-07 13:13:00",
"2012-04-08 12:59:00",
> "2012-04-09 13:53:00", "2012-04-10 14:15:00",
"2012-04-11 14:26:00",
> "2012-04-12 14:05:00", "2012-04-13 13:37:00",
"2012-04-14 13:52:00",
> "2012-04-15 15:00:00", "2012-04-16 14:42:00",
"2012-04-17 14:21:00",
> "2012-04-18 14:40:00", "2012-04-19 14:35:00",
"2012-04-20 15:14:00",
> "2012-04-21 14:46:00", "2012-04-22 14:44:00",
"2012-04-23 14:33:00",
> "2012-04-24 14:41:00", "2012-04-25 14:13:00",
"2012-04-26 14:19:00",
> "2012-04-27 14:35:00", "2012-04-28 13:48:00",
"2012-04-29 14:12:00",
> "2012-04-30 13:53:00", "2012-05-02 14:41:00",
"2012-05-03 15:01:00",
> "2012-05-04 15:21:00", "2012-05-05 14:57:00",
"2012-05-06 14:09:00",
> "2012-05-07 14:30:00", "2012-05-08 14:05:00",
"2012-05-08 21:21:00",
> "2012-05-09 15:02:00", "2012-05-10 14:27:00",
"2012-05-11 14:47:00",
> "2012-05-12 13:24:00", "2012-05-13 14:40:00",
"2012-05-13 19:24:00",
> "2012-05-14 14:33:00", "2012-05-15 14:39:00",
"2012-05-16 14:07:00",
> "2012-05-17 13:42:00", "2012-05-18 14:30:00",
"2012-05-19 13:59:00",
> "2012-05-20 14:14:00", "2012-05-21 14:15:00",
"2012-05-22 14:18:00",
> "2012-05-23 14:14:00", "2012-05-24 13:52:00"), class =
"factor"),
>    fcst = c(38.7, 38.9, 39.2, 39.8, 40.5, 41.5, 42.5, 43.1,
>    43.9, 44.5, 44.8, 45, 45, 45.1, 45.4, 45.8, 46.4, 47, 47.5,
>    47.9, 39.2, 40, 41.8, 42.2, 42.8, 44.4, 45.7, 46.2, 46.2,
>    46.2, 46.5, 47, 47.5, 47.9, 48.4, 49, 49.5, 49.9, 50.2, 50.4,
>    41.3, 42.5, 42.8, 42.8, 42.8, 42.9, 43, 43.3, 43.5, 43.8),
>    usgs = c(38.5, 38.6, 38.6, 38.6, 39.1, 39.8, 41.2, 42.9,
>    43.4, 43.6, 43.4, 43.1, 43, 43.1, 43.5, 43.8, 44.1, 44.2,
>    44.4, 44.5, 39.1, 39.8, 41.2, 42.9, 43.4, 43.6, 43.4, 43.1,
>    43, 43.1, 43.5, 43.8, 44.1, 44.2, 44.4, 44.5, 44.5, 44.5,
>    44.6, 44.2, 41.2, 42.9, 43.4, 43.6, 43.4, 43.1, 43, 43.1,
>    43.5, 43.8)), .Names = c("date", "basistime",
"fcst", "usgs"
> ), row.names = c(NA, 50L), class = "data.frame")
>
> aggregate(fcst ~ basistime,data=legacy, FUN= max)
>
> A snippet...
>
>              basistime fcst
> 1   2012-01-25 15:02:00 47.9
> 2   2012-01-26 15:11:00 50.4
> 3   2012-01-27 01:41:00 46.0
> 4   2012-01-27 10:15:00 47.3
> 5   2012-01-27 15:15:00 47.3
> 6   2012-01-28 14:22:00 46.2
> 7   2012-01-29 13:33:00 45.8
> 8   2012-01-30 14:11:00 44.8
> 9   2012-01-31 14:24:00 43.9
> 10  2012-02-01 14:55:00 41.1
> 11  2012-02-02 14:56:00 38.1
> 12  2012-02-03 14:40:00 36.2
> 13  2012-02-04 15:01:00 34.7
> 14  2012-02-05 15:04:00 33.1
> 15  2012-02-06 14:37:00 32.2
>
> This is what I want, except I need the other corresponding date-time column
> as well. I've tried this with the date-times as factors and as POSIXct
> values and using many of the combinations suggested in the documentation
> and other examples. The closest I can get returns the second date as a
> numeric value:
>
> aggregate(cbind(fcst,date) ~ basistime,data=legacy, FUN= max)
>
> Produces:
>
>              basistime fcst       date
> 1   2012-01-25 15:02:00 47.9 1327942800
> 2   2012-01-26 15:11:00 50.4 1328029200
> 3   2012-01-27 01:41:00 46.0 1328072400
> 4   2012-01-27 10:15:00 47.3 1328032800
> 5   2012-01-27 15:15:00 47.3 1328115600
> 6   2012-01-28 14:22:00 46.2 1328202000
> 7   2012-01-29 13:33:00 45.8 1328288400
> 8   2012-01-30 14:11:00 44.8 1328374800
> 9   2012-01-31 14:24:00 43.9 1328461200
> 10  2012-02-01 14:55:00 41.1 1328547600
> 11  2012-02-02 14:56:00 38.1 1328634000
> 12  2012-02-03 14:40:00 36.2 1328720400
> 13  2012-02-04 15:01:00 34.7 1328806800
> 14  2012-02-05 15:04:00 33.1 1328893200
> 15  2012-02-06 14:37:00 32.2 1328979600
> 16  2012-02-07 14:42:00 31.2 1329066000
> 17  2012-02-08 14:44:00 30.4 1329152400
> 18  2012-02-09 14:27:00 30.0 1329238800
>
>
> Help is greatly appreciated!
>
> Regards,
> Tom
>
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Hi Jeff,

Thank you for the suggestions -- I appreciate your help. Unfortunately, the
result2 has two problems...

(1) there are now 3 date columns (it looks like 2 cols are merged into 1
col)
(2) the output rows should not have any of the basistime dates repeated
(maybe I misstated the problem); I need the max fcst value by basistime,
but also list the date value for that row; for example:

             basistime fcst
1   2012-01-25 15:02:00 47.9
2   2012-01-26 15:11:00 50.4
3   2012-01-27 01:41:00 46.0
4   2012-01-27 10:15:00 47.3
5   2012-01-27 15:15:00 47.3
6   2012-01-28 14:22:00 46.2
7   2012-01-29 13:33:00 45.8
8   2012-01-30 14:11:00 44.8
9   2012-01-31 14:24:00 43.9
10  2012-02-01 14:55:00 41.1
11  2012-02-02 14:56:00 38.1
12  2012-02-03 14:40:00 36.2
13  2012-02-04 15:01:00 34.7
14  2012-02-05 15:04:00 33.1
15  2012-02-06 14:37:00 32.2

This is very close to what I need. The basistime dates are all unique, with
the max fcst value for the available basistime dates; but I additionally
need the corresponding 'date' value.

Best,
Tom



On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 1:28 AM, Jeff Newmiller <jdnewmil at
dcn.davis.ca.us>
wrote:
> Thanks for the dput...
>
> #### reproducible example of split-apply-combine ###
>
> dta <- structure(list(date = structure(c(1L, 2L, 3L, 4L, 5L, 6L, 7L,
>
> 8L, 9L, 10L, 11L, 12L, 13L, 14L, 15L, 16L, 17L, 18L, 19L, 20L,
> 5L, 6L, 7L, 8L, 9L, 10L, 11L, 12L, 13L, 14L, 15L, 16L, 17L, 18L,
> 19L, 20L, 21L, 22L, 23L, 24L, 7L, 8L, 9L, 10L, 11L, 12L, 13L,
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"2012-03-30 14:15:00",
> "2012-03-31 14:12:00", "2012-04-01 14:30:00",
"2012-04-02 13:43:00",
> "2012-04-03 13:54:00", "2012-04-04 13:45:00",
"2012-04-05 13:46:00",
> "2012-04-06 13:41:00", "2012-04-07 13:13:00",
"2012-04-08 12:59:00",
> "2012-04-09 13:53:00", "2012-04-10 14:15:00",
"2012-04-11 14:26:00",
> "2012-04-12 14:05:00", "2012-04-13 13:37:00",
"2012-04-14 13:52:00",
> "2012-04-15 15:00:00", "2012-04-16 14:42:00",
"2012-04-17 14:21:00",
> "2012-04-18 14:40:00", "2012-04-19 14:35:00",
"2012-04-20 15:14:00",
> "2012-04-21 14:46:00", "2012-04-22 14:44:00",
"2012-04-23 14:33:00",
> "2012-04-24 14:41:00", "2012-04-25 14:13:00",
"2012-04-26 14:19:00",
> "2012-04-27 14:35:00", "2012-04-28 13:48:00",
"2012-04-29 14:12:00",
> "2012-04-30 13:53:00", "2012-05-02 14:41:00",
"2012-05-03 15:01:00",
> "2012-05-04 15:21:00", "2012-05-05 14:57:00",
"2012-05-06 14:09:00",
> "2012-05-07 14:30:00", "2012-05-08 14:05:00",
"2012-05-08 21:21:00",
> "2012-05-09 15:02:00", "2012-05-10 14:27:00",
"2012-05-11 14:47:00",
> "2012-05-12 13:24:00", "2012-05-13 14:40:00",
"2012-05-13 19:24:00",
> "2012-05-14 14:33:00", "2012-05-15 14:39:00",
"2012-05-16 14:07:00",
> "2012-05-17 13:42:00", "2012-05-18 14:30:00",
"2012-05-19 13:59:00",
> "2012-05-20 14:14:00", "2012-05-21 14:15:00",
"2012-05-22 14:18:00",
> "2012-05-23 14:14:00", "2012-05-24 13:52:00"), class =
"factor"),
>     fcst = c(38.7, 38.9, 39.2, 39.8, 40.5, 41.5, 42.5, 43.1,
>     43.9, 44.5, 44.8, 45, 45, 45.1, 45.4, 45.8, 46.4, 47, 47.5,
>     47.9, 39.2, 40, 41.8, 42.2, 42.8, 44.4, 45.7, 46.2, 46.2,
>     46.2, 46.5, 47, 47.5, 47.9, 48.4, 49, 49.5, 49.9, 50.2, 50.4,
>     41.3, 42.5, 42.8, 42.8, 42.8, 42.9, 43, 43.3, 43.5, 43.8),
>     usgs = c(38.5, 38.6, 38.6, 38.6, 39.1, 39.8, 41.2, 42.9,
>     43.4, 43.6, 43.4, 43.1, 43, 43.1, 43.5, 43.8, 44.1, 44.2,
>     44.4, 44.5, 39.1, 39.8, 41.2, 42.9, 43.4, 43.6, 43.4, 43.1,
>     43, 43.1, 43.5, 43.8, 44.1, 44.2, 44.4, 44.5, 44.5, 44.5,
>     44.6, 44.2, 41.2, 42.9, 43.4, 43.6, 43.4, 43.1, 43, 43.1,
>     43.5, 43.8)), .Names = c("date", "basistime",
"fcst", "usgs"
> ), row.names = c(NA, 50L), class = "data.frame")
>
> Sys.setenv( "Etc/GMT+8" ) # or whatever is appropriate
> #> Error in Sys.setenv("Etc/GMT+8"): all arguments must be
named
>
> dta2 <- dta
> # bad idea to work with dates as factors
> dta2$date <- as.POSIXct( as.character( dta2$date ) )
> dta2$basistime <- as.POSIXct( as.character( dta2$basistime ) )
>
> # base R solution
>
> dates <- unique( dta2$date )
> dta2list <- split( dta2, dta2$date )
> grplist <- lapply( dta2list
>                  , function( DF ) {
>                      DF[ which.max( DF$fcst ), ]
>                    }
>                  )
> result2 <- do.call( rbind, grplist )
> result2
> #>                                    date           basistime fcst usgs
> #> 2012-01-25 18:00:00 2012-01-25 18:00:00 2012-01-25 15:02:00 38.7 38.5
> #> 2012-01-26 00:00:00 2012-01-26 00:00:00 2012-01-25 15:02:00 38.9 38.6
> #> 2012-01-26 06:00:00 2012-01-26 06:00:00 2012-01-25 15:02:00 39.2 38.6
> #> 2012-01-26 12:00:00 2012-01-26 12:00:00 2012-01-25 15:02:00 39.8 38.6
> #> 2012-01-26 18:00:00 2012-01-26 18:00:00 2012-01-25 15:02:00 40.5 39.1
> #> 2012-01-27 00:00:00 2012-01-27 00:00:00 2012-01-25 15:02:00 41.5 39.8
> #> 2012-01-27 06:00:00 2012-01-27 06:00:00 2012-01-25 15:02:00 42.5 41.2
> #> 2012-01-27 12:00:00 2012-01-27 12:00:00 2012-01-25 15:02:00 43.1 42.9
> #> 2012-01-27 18:00:00 2012-01-27 18:00:00 2012-01-25 15:02:00 43.9 43.4
> #> 2012-01-28 00:00:00 2012-01-28 00:00:00 2012-01-25 15:02:00 44.5 43.6
> #> 2012-01-28 06:00:00 2012-01-28 06:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 45.7 43.4
> #> 2012-01-28 12:00:00 2012-01-28 12:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 46.2 43.1
> #> 2012-01-28 18:00:00 2012-01-28 18:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 46.2 43.0
> #> 2012-01-29 00:00:00 2012-01-29 00:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 46.2 43.1
> #> 2012-01-29 06:00:00 2012-01-29 06:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 46.5 43.5
> #> 2012-01-29 12:00:00 2012-01-29 12:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 47.0 43.8
> #> 2012-01-29 18:00:00 2012-01-29 18:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 47.5 44.1
> #> 2012-01-30 00:00:00 2012-01-30 00:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 47.9 44.2
> #> 2012-01-30 06:00:00 2012-01-30 06:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 48.4 44.4
> #> 2012-01-30 12:00:00 2012-01-30 12:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 49.0 44.5
> #> 2012-01-30 18:00:00 2012-01-30 18:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 49.5 44.5
> #> 2012-01-31 00:00:00 2012-01-31 00:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 49.9 44.5
> #> 2012-01-31 06:00:00 2012-01-31 06:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 50.2 44.6
> #> 2012-01-31 12:00:00 2012-01-31 12:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 50.4 44.2
>
> # alternately, use tidyverse
>
> library(dplyr)
> #>
> #> Attaching package: 'dplyr'
> #> The following objects are masked from 'package:stats':
> #>
> #>     filter, lag
> #> The following objects are masked from 'package:base':
> #>
> #>     intersect, setdiff, setequal, union
> result3 <- (   dta2
>            %>% group_by( date )
>            %>% do({
>                  DF <- .
>                  DF[ which.max( DF$fcst ), ]
>                })
>            %>% ungroup
>            %>% as.data.frame
>            )
> result3
> #>                   date           basistime fcst usgs
> #> 1  2012-01-25 18:00:00 2012-01-25 15:02:00 38.7 38.5
> #> 2  2012-01-26 00:00:00 2012-01-25 15:02:00 38.9 38.6
> #> 3  2012-01-26 06:00:00 2012-01-25 15:02:00 39.2 38.6
> #> 4  2012-01-26 12:00:00 2012-01-25 15:02:00 39.8 38.6
> #> 5  2012-01-26 18:00:00 2012-01-25 15:02:00 40.5 39.1
> #> 6  2012-01-27 00:00:00 2012-01-25 15:02:00 41.5 39.8
> #> 7  2012-01-27 06:00:00 2012-01-25 15:02:00 42.5 41.2
> #> 8  2012-01-27 12:00:00 2012-01-25 15:02:00 43.1 42.9
> #> 9  2012-01-27 18:00:00 2012-01-25 15:02:00 43.9 43.4
> #> 10 2012-01-28 00:00:00 2012-01-25 15:02:00 44.5 43.6
> #> 11 2012-01-28 06:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 45.7 43.4
> #> 12 2012-01-28 12:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 46.2 43.1
> #> 13 2012-01-28 18:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 46.2 43.0
> #> 14 2012-01-29 00:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 46.2 43.1
> #> 15 2012-01-29 06:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 46.5 43.5
> #> 16 2012-01-29 12:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 47.0 43.8
> #> 17 2012-01-29 18:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 47.5 44.1
> #> 18 2012-01-30 00:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 47.9 44.2
> #> 19 2012-01-30 06:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 48.4 44.4
> #> 20 2012-01-30 12:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 49.0 44.5
> #> 21 2012-01-30 18:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 49.5 44.5
> #> 22 2012-01-31 00:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 49.9 44.5
> #> 23 2012-01-31 06:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 50.2 44.6
> #> 24 2012-01-31 12:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 50.4 44.2
>
> ####################################################
>
>
>
> On Thu, 26 Oct 2017, Thomas Adams wrote:
>
> Hello all!
>>
>> I've been struggling with is for many hours today; I'm close to
getting
>> what I want, but not close enough...
>>
>> I have a dataframe consisting of two date-time columns followed by two
>> numeric columns. what I need is the max value (in the first numeric
>> column)
>> based on the 2nd date-time column, which is essentially a factor. But,
I
>> want the result to provide both date-time values corresponding to the
max
>> value.
>>
>> My data:
>>
>> structure(list(date = structure(c(1L, 2L, 3L, 4L, 5L, 6L, 7L,
>> 8L, 9L, 10L, 11L, 12L, 13L, 14L, 15L, 16L, 17L, 18L, 19L, 20L,
>> 5L, 6L, 7L, 8L, 9L, 10L, 11L, 12L, 13L, 14L, 15L, 16L, 17L, 18L,
>> 19L, 20L, 21L, 22L, 23L, 24L, 7L, 8L, 9L, 10L, 11L, 12L, 13L,
>> 14L, 15L, 16L), .Label = c("2012-01-25 18:00:00",
"2012-01-26 00:00:00",
>> "2012-01-26 06:00:00", "2012-01-26 12:00:00",
"2012-01-26 18:00:00",
>> "2012-01-27 00:00:00", "2012-01-27 06:00:00",
"2012-01-27 12:00:00",
>> "2012-01-27 18:00:00", "2012-01-28 00:00:00",
"2012-01-28 06:00:00",
>> "2012-01-28 12:00:00", "2012-01-28 18:00:00",
"2012-01-29 00:00:00",
>> "2012-01-29 06:00:00", "2012-01-29 12:00:00",
"2012-01-29 18:00:00",
>> "2012-01-30 00:00:00", "2012-01-30 06:00:00",
"2012-01-30 12:00:00",
>> "2012-01-30 18:00:00", "2012-01-31 00:00:00",
"2012-01-31 06:00:00",
>> "2012-01-31 12:00:00", "2012-01-31 13:00:00",
"2012-01-31 18:00:00",
>> "2012-02-01 00:00:00", "2012-02-01 06:00:00",
"2012-02-01 12:00:00",
>> "2012-02-01 18:00:00", "2012-02-02 00:00:00",
"2012-02-02 06:00:00",
>> "2012-02-02 12:00:00", "2012-02-02 18:00:00",
"2012-02-03 00:00:00",
>> "2012-02-03 06:00:00", "2012-02-03 12:00:00",
"2012-02-03 18:00:00",
>> "2012-02-04 00:00:00", "2012-02-04 06:00:00",
"2012-02-04 12:00:00",
>> "2012-02-04 18:00:00", "2012-02-05 00:00:00",
"2012-02-05 06:00:00",
>> "2012-02-05 12:00:00", "2012-02-05 18:00:00",
"2012-02-06 00:00:00",
>> "2012-02-06 06:00:00", "2012-02-06 12:00:00",
"2012-02-06 18:00:00",
>> "2012-02-07 00:00:00", "2012-02-07 06:00:00",
"2012-02-07 12:00:00",
>> "2012-02-07 18:00:00", "2012-02-08 00:00:00",
"2012-02-08 06:00:00",
>> "2012-02-08 12:00:00", "2012-02-08 18:00:00",
"2012-02-09 00:00:00",
>> "2012-02-09 06:00:00", "2012-02-09 12:00:00",
"2012-02-09 18:00:00",
>> "2012-02-10 00:00:00", "2012-02-10 06:00:00",
"2012-02-10 12:00:00",
>> "2012-02-10 18:00:00", "2012-02-11 00:00:00",
"2012-02-11 06:00:00",
>> "2012-02-11 12:00:00", "2012-02-11 18:00:00",
"2012-02-12 00:00:00",
>> "2012-02-12 06:00:00", "2012-02-12 12:00:00",
"2012-02-12 18:00:00",
>> "2012-02-13 00:00:00", "2012-02-13 06:00:00",
"2012-02-13 12:00:00",
>> "2012-02-13 18:00:00", "2012-02-14 00:00:00",
"2012-02-14 06:00:00",
>> "2012-02-14 12:00:00", "2012-02-14 18:00:00",
"2012-02-15 00:00:00",
>> "2012-02-15 06:00:00", "2012-02-15 12:00:00",
"2012-02-15 18:00:00",
>> "2012-02-16 00:00:00", "2012-02-16 06:00:00",
"2012-02-16 12:00:00",
>> "2012-02-16 18:00:00", "2012-02-17 00:00:00",
"2012-02-17 06:00:00",
>> "2012-02-17 12:00:00", "2012-02-17 18:00:00",
"2012-02-18 00:00:00",
>> "2012-02-18 06:00:00", "2012-02-18 12:00:00",
"2012-02-18 18:00:00",
>> "2012-02-19 00:00:00", "2012-02-19 06:00:00",
"2012-02-19 12:00:00",
>> "2012-02-19 18:00:00", "2012-02-20 00:00:00",
"2012-02-20 06:00:00",
>> "2012-02-20 12:00:00", "2012-02-20 18:00:00",
"2012-02-21 00:00:00",
>> "2012-02-21 06:00:00", "2012-02-21 12:00:00",
"2012-02-21 18:00:00",
>> "2012-02-22 00:00:00", "2012-02-22 06:00:00",
"2012-02-22 12:00:00",
>> "2012-02-22 18:00:00", "2012-02-23 00:00:00",
"2012-02-23 06:00:00",
>> "2012-02-23 12:00:00", "2012-02-23 18:00:00",
"2012-02-24 00:00:00",
>> "2012-02-24 06:00:00", "2012-02-24 12:00:00",
"2012-02-24 18:00:00",
>> "2012-02-25 00:00:00", "2012-02-25 06:00:00",
"2012-02-25 12:00:00",
>> "2012-02-25 18:00:00", "2012-02-26 00:00:00",
"2012-02-26 06:00:00",
>> "2012-02-26 12:00:00", "2012-02-26 18:00:00",
"2012-02-27 00:00:00",
>> "2012-02-27 06:00:00", "2012-02-27 12:00:00",
"2012-02-27 18:00:00",
>> "2012-02-28 00:00:00", "2012-02-28 06:00:00",
"2012-02-28 12:00:00",
>> "2012-02-28 18:00:00", "2012-02-29 00:00:00",
"2012-02-29 06:00:00",
>> "2012-02-29 12:00:00", "2012-02-29 18:00:00",
"2012-03-01 00:00:00",
>> "2012-03-01 06:00:00", "2012-03-01 12:00:00",
"2012-03-01 18:00:00",
>> "2012-03-02 00:00:00", "2012-03-02 06:00:00",
"2012-03-02 12:00:00",
>> "2012-03-02 18:00:00", "2012-03-03 00:00:00",
"2012-03-03 06:00:00",
>> "2012-03-03 12:00:00", "2012-03-03 18:00:00",
"2012-03-04 00:00:00",
>> "2012-03-04 06:00:00", "2012-03-04 12:00:00",
"2012-03-04 18:00:00",
>> "2012-03-05 00:00:00", "2012-03-05 06:00:00",
"2012-03-05 12:00:00",
>> "2012-03-05 18:00:00", "2012-03-06 00:00:00",
"2012-03-06 06:00:00",
>> "2012-03-06 12:00:00", "2012-03-06 18:00:00",
"2012-03-07 00:00:00",
>> "2012-03-07 06:00:00", "2012-03-07 12:00:00",
"2012-03-07 18:00:00",
>> "2012-03-08 00:00:00", "2012-03-08 06:00:00",
"2012-03-08 12:00:00",
>> "2012-03-08 18:00:00", "2012-03-09 00:00:00",
"2012-03-09 06:00:00",
>> "2012-03-09 12:00:00", "2012-03-09 18:00:00",
"2012-03-10 00:00:00",
>> "2012-03-10 06:00:00", "2012-03-10 12:00:00",
"2012-03-10 18:00:00",
>> "2012-03-11 00:00:00", "2012-03-11 06:00:00",
"2012-03-11 12:00:00",
>> "2012-03-11 18:00:00", "2012-03-12 00:00:00",
"2012-03-12 06:00:00",
>> "2012-03-12 12:00:00", "2012-03-12 18:00:00",
"2012-03-13 00:00:00",
>> "2012-03-13 06:00:00", "2012-03-13 12:00:00",
"2012-03-13 18:00:00",
>> "2012-03-14 00:00:00", "2012-03-14 06:00:00",
"2012-03-14 12:00:00",
>> "2012-03-14 18:00:00", "2012-03-15 00:00:00",
"2012-03-15 06:00:00",
>> "2012-03-15 12:00:00", "2012-03-15 18:00:00",
"2012-03-16 00:00:00",
>> "2012-03-16 06:00:00", "2012-03-16 12:00:00",
"2012-03-16 18:00:00",
>> "2012-03-17 00:00:00", "2012-03-17 06:00:00",
"2012-03-17 12:00:00",
>> "2012-03-17 18:00:00", "2012-03-18 00:00:00",
"2012-03-18 06:00:00",
>> "2012-03-18 12:00:00", "2012-03-18 18:00:00",
"2012-03-19 00:00:00",
>> "2012-03-19 06:00:00", "2012-03-19 12:00:00",
"2012-03-19 18:00:00",
>> "2012-03-20 00:00:00", "2012-03-20 06:00:00",
"2012-03-20 12:00:00",
>> "2012-03-20 18:00:00", "2012-03-21 00:00:00",
"2012-03-21 06:00:00",
>> "2012-03-21 12:00:00", "2012-03-21 18:00:00",
"2012-03-22 00:00:00",
>> "2012-03-22 06:00:00", "2012-03-22 12:00:00",
"2012-03-22 18:00:00",
>> "2012-03-23 00:00:00", "2012-03-23 06:00:00",
"2012-03-23 12:00:00",
>> "2012-03-23 18:00:00", "2012-03-24 00:00:00",
"2012-03-24 06:00:00",
>> "2012-03-24 12:00:00", "2012-03-24 18:00:00",
"2012-03-25 00:00:00",
>> "2012-03-25 06:00:00", "2012-03-25 12:00:00",
"2012-03-25 18:00:00",
>> "2012-03-26 00:00:00", "2012-03-26 06:00:00",
"2012-03-26 12:00:00",
>> "2012-03-26 18:00:00", "2012-03-27 00:00:00",
"2012-03-27 06:00:00",
>> "2012-03-27 12:00:00", "2012-03-27 18:00:00",
"2012-03-28 00:00:00",
>> "2012-03-28 06:00:00", "2012-03-28 12:00:00",
"2012-03-28 18:00:00",
>> "2012-03-29 00:00:00", "2012-03-29 06:00:00",
"2012-03-29 12:00:00",
>> "2012-03-29 18:00:00", "2012-03-30 00:00:00",
"2012-03-30 06:00:00",
>> "2012-03-30 12:00:00", "2012-03-30 18:00:00",
"2012-03-31 00:00:00",
>> "2012-03-31 06:00:00", "2012-03-31 12:00:00",
"2012-03-31 18:00:00",
>> "2012-04-01 00:00:00", "2012-04-01 06:00:00",
"2012-04-01 12:00:00",
>> "2012-04-01 18:00:00", "2012-04-02 00:00:00",
"2012-04-02 06:00:00",
>> "2012-04-02 12:00:00", "2012-04-02 18:00:00",
"2012-04-03 00:00:00",
>> "2012-04-03 06:00:00", "2012-04-03 12:00:00",
"2012-04-03 18:00:00",
>> "2012-04-04 00:00:00", "2012-04-04 06:00:00",
"2012-04-04 12:00:00",
>> "2012-04-04 18:00:00", "2012-04-05 00:00:00",
"2012-04-05 06:00:00",
>> "2012-04-05 12:00:00", "2012-04-05 18:00:00",
"2012-04-06 00:00:00",
>> "2012-04-06 06:00:00", "2012-04-06 12:00:00",
"2012-04-06 18:00:00",
>> "2012-04-07 00:00:00", "2012-04-07 06:00:00",
"2012-04-07 12:00:00",
>> "2012-04-07 18:00:00", "2012-04-08 00:00:00",
"2012-04-08 06:00:00",
>> "2012-04-08 12:00:00", "2012-04-08 18:00:00",
"2012-04-09 00:00:00",
>> "2012-04-09 06:00:00", "2012-04-09 12:00:00",
"2012-04-09 18:00:00",
>> "2012-04-10 00:00:00", "2012-04-10 06:00:00",
"2012-04-10 12:00:00",
>> "2012-04-10 18:00:00", "2012-04-11 00:00:00",
"2012-04-11 06:00:00",
>> "2012-04-11 12:00:00", "2012-04-11 18:00:00",
"2012-04-12 00:00:00",
>> "2012-04-12 06:00:00", "2012-04-12 12:00:00",
"2012-04-12 18:00:00",
>> "2012-04-13 00:00:00", "2012-04-13 06:00:00",
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>> "2012-04-13 18:00:00", "2012-04-14 00:00:00",
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>> "2012-04-14 12:00:00", "2012-04-14 18:00:00",
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>> "2012-04-15 06:00:00", "2012-04-15 12:00:00",
"2012-04-15 18:00:00",
>> "2012-04-16 00:00:00", "2012-04-16 06:00:00",
"2012-04-16 12:00:00",
>> "2012-04-16 18:00:00", "2012-04-17 00:00:00",
"2012-04-17 06:00:00",
>> "2012-04-17 12:00:00", "2012-04-17 18:00:00",
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>> "2012-04-18 06:00:00", "2012-04-18 12:00:00",
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>> "2012-04-19 00:00:00", "2012-04-19 06:00:00",
"2012-04-19 12:00:00",
>> "2012-04-19 18:00:00", "2012-04-20 00:00:00",
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>> "2012-04-20 12:00:00", "2012-04-20 18:00:00",
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>> "2012-04-21 06:00:00", "2012-04-21 12:00:00",
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>> "2012-04-22 00:00:00", "2012-04-22 06:00:00",
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>> "2012-04-22 18:00:00", "2012-04-23 00:00:00",
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>> "2012-04-23 12:00:00", "2012-04-23 18:00:00",
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>> "2012-04-24 06:00:00", "2012-04-24 12:00:00",
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>> "2012-04-25 00:00:00", "2012-04-25 06:00:00",
"2012-04-25 12:00:00",
>> "2012-04-25 18:00:00", "2012-04-26 00:00:00",
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>> "2012-04-26 12:00:00", "2012-04-26 18:00:00",
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>> "2012-04-27 06:00:00", "2012-04-27 12:00:00",
"2012-04-27 18:00:00",
>> "2012-04-28 00:00:00", "2012-04-28 06:00:00",
"2012-04-28 12:00:00",
>> "2012-04-28 18:00:00", "2012-04-29 00:00:00",
"2012-04-29 06:00:00",
>> "2012-04-29 12:00:00", "2012-04-29 18:00:00",
"2012-04-30 00:00:00",
>> "2012-04-30 06:00:00", "2012-04-30 12:00:00",
"2012-04-30 18:00:00",
>> "2012-05-01 00:00:00", "2012-05-01 06:00:00",
"2012-05-01 12:00:00",
>> "2012-05-01 18:00:00", "2012-05-02 00:00:00",
"2012-05-02 06:00:00",
>> "2012-05-02 12:00:00", "2012-05-02 18:00:00",
"2012-05-03 00:00:00",
>> "2012-05-03 06:00:00", "2012-05-03 12:00:00",
"2012-05-03 18:00:00",
>> "2012-05-04 00:00:00", "2012-05-04 06:00:00",
"2012-05-04 12:00:00",
>> "2012-05-04 18:00:00", "2012-05-05 00:00:00",
"2012-05-05 06:00:00",
>> "2012-05-05 12:00:00", "2012-05-05 18:00:00",
"2012-05-06 00:00:00",
>> "2012-05-06 06:00:00", "2012-05-06 12:00:00",
"2012-05-06 18:00:00",
>> "2012-05-07 00:00:00", "2012-05-07 06:00:00",
"2012-05-07 12:00:00",
>> "2012-05-07 18:00:00", "2012-05-08 00:00:00",
"2012-05-08 06:00:00",
>> "2012-05-08 12:00:00", "2012-05-08 18:00:00",
"2012-05-09 00:00:00",
>> "2012-05-09 06:00:00", "2012-05-09 12:00:00",
"2012-05-09 18:00:00",
>> "2012-05-10 00:00:00", "2012-05-10 06:00:00",
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>> "2012-05-10 18:00:00", "2012-05-11 00:00:00",
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>> "2012-05-11 12:00:00", "2012-05-11 18:00:00",
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>> "2012-05-12 06:00:00", "2012-05-12 12:00:00",
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>> "2012-05-13 00:00:00", "2012-05-13 06:00:00",
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>> "2012-05-13 18:00:00", "2012-05-14 00:00:00",
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>> "2012-05-14 12:00:00", "2012-05-14 18:00:00",
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>> "2012-05-15 06:00:00", "2012-05-15 12:00:00",
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>> "2012-05-16 00:00:00", "2012-05-16 06:00:00",
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>> "2012-05-16 18:00:00", "2012-05-17 00:00:00",
"2012-05-17 06:00:00",
>> "2012-05-17 12:00:00", "2012-05-17 18:00:00",
"2012-05-18 00:00:00",
>> "2012-05-18 06:00:00", "2012-05-18 12:00:00",
"2012-05-18 18:00:00",
>> "2012-05-19 00:00:00", "2012-05-19 06:00:00",
"2012-05-19 12:00:00",
>> "2012-05-19 18:00:00", "2012-05-20 00:00:00",
"2012-05-20 06:00:00",
>> "2012-05-20 12:00:00", "2012-05-20 18:00:00",
"2012-05-21 00:00:00",
>> "2012-05-21 06:00:00", "2012-05-21 12:00:00",
"2012-05-21 18:00:00",
>> "2012-05-22 00:00:00", "2012-05-22 06:00:00",
"2012-05-22 12:00:00",
>> "2012-05-22 18:00:00", "2012-05-23 00:00:00",
"2012-05-23 06:00:00",
>> "2012-05-23 12:00:00", "2012-05-23 18:00:00",
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>> "2012-05-24 06:00:00", "2012-05-24 12:00:00",
"2012-05-24 18:00:00",
>> "2012-05-25 00:00:00", "2012-05-25 06:00:00",
"2012-05-25 12:00:00",
>> "2012-05-25 18:00:00", "2012-05-26 00:00:00",
"2012-05-26 06:00:00",
>> "2012-05-26 12:00:00", "2012-05-26 18:00:00",
"2012-05-27 00:00:00",
>> "2012-05-27 06:00:00", "2012-05-27 12:00:00",
"2012-05-27 18:00:00",
>> "2012-05-28 00:00:00", "2012-05-28 06:00:00",
"2012-05-28 12:00:00",
>> "2012-05-28 18:00:00", "2012-05-29 00:00:00",
"2012-05-29 06:00:00",
>> "2012-05-29 12:00:00"), class = "factor"),
basistime = structure(c(1L,
>> 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L,
>> 1L, 1L, 1L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L,
>> 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L,
>> 3L), .Label = c("2012-01-25 15:02:00", "2012-01-26
15:11:00",
>> "2012-01-27 01:41:00", "2012-01-27 10:15:00",
"2012-01-27 15:15:00",
>> "2012-01-28 14:22:00", "2012-01-29 13:33:00",
"2012-01-30 14:11:00",
>> "2012-01-31 14:24:00", "2012-02-01 14:55:00",
"2012-02-02 14:56:00",
>> "2012-02-03 14:40:00", "2012-02-04 15:01:00",
"2012-02-05 15:04:00",
>> "2012-02-06 14:37:00", "2012-02-07 14:42:00",
"2012-02-08 14:44:00",
>> "2012-02-09 14:27:00", "2012-02-10 14:33:00",
"2012-02-11 15:05:00",
>> "2012-02-12 15:09:00", "2012-02-13 15:00:00",
"2012-02-14 15:10:00",
>> "2012-02-15 14:46:00", "2012-02-16 14:42:00",
"2012-02-17 14:14:00",
>> "2012-02-18 15:27:00", "2012-02-19 13:13:00",
"2012-02-20 13:56:00",
>> "2012-02-21 14:39:00", "2012-02-22 15:33:00",
"2012-02-23 15:14:00",
>> "2012-02-24 15:14:00", "2012-02-25 14:25:00",
"2012-02-26 14:08:00",
>> "2012-02-27 14:55:00", "2012-02-28 14:40:00",
"2012-02-29 14:45:00",
>> "2012-03-01 15:18:00", "2012-03-02 15:18:00",
"2012-03-03 15:43:00",
>> "2012-03-04 15:16:00", "2012-03-05 15:17:00",
"2012-03-06 15:03:00",
>> "2012-03-07 14:44:00", "2012-03-08 14:53:00",
"2012-03-09 15:10:00",
>> "2012-03-10 14:43:00", "2012-03-11 13:37:00",
"2012-03-12 14:58:00",
>> "2012-03-13 14:36:00", "2012-03-14 13:49:00",
"2012-03-15 14:32:00",
>> "2012-03-16 15:01:00", "2012-03-17 13:55:00",
"2012-03-18 13:44:00",
>> "2012-03-19 13:55:00", "2012-03-20 13:53:00",
"2012-03-21 14:07:00",
>> "2012-03-22 14:03:00", "2012-03-23 14:30:00",
"2012-03-24 14:47:00",
>> "2012-03-25 14:32:00", "2012-03-26 14:41:00",
"2012-03-27 13:51:00",
>> "2012-03-28 13:32:00", "2012-03-29 13:59:00",
"2012-03-30 14:15:00",
>> "2012-03-31 14:12:00", "2012-04-01 14:30:00",
"2012-04-02 13:43:00",
>> "2012-04-03 13:54:00", "2012-04-04 13:45:00",
"2012-04-05 13:46:00",
>> "2012-04-06 13:41:00", "2012-04-07 13:13:00",
"2012-04-08 12:59:00",
>> "2012-04-09 13:53:00", "2012-04-10 14:15:00",
"2012-04-11 14:26:00",
>> "2012-04-12 14:05:00", "2012-04-13 13:37:00",
"2012-04-14 13:52:00",
>> "2012-04-15 15:00:00", "2012-04-16 14:42:00",
"2012-04-17 14:21:00",
>> "2012-04-18 14:40:00", "2012-04-19 14:35:00",
"2012-04-20 15:14:00",
>> "2012-04-21 14:46:00", "2012-04-22 14:44:00",
"2012-04-23 14:33:00",
>> "2012-04-24 14:41:00", "2012-04-25 14:13:00",
"2012-04-26 14:19:00",
>> "2012-04-27 14:35:00", "2012-04-28 13:48:00",
"2012-04-29 14:12:00",
>> "2012-04-30 13:53:00", "2012-05-02 14:41:00",
"2012-05-03 15:01:00",
>> "2012-05-04 15:21:00", "2012-05-05 14:57:00",
"2012-05-06 14:09:00",
>> "2012-05-07 14:30:00", "2012-05-08 14:05:00",
"2012-05-08 21:21:00",
>> "2012-05-09 15:02:00", "2012-05-10 14:27:00",
"2012-05-11 14:47:00",
>> "2012-05-12 13:24:00", "2012-05-13 14:40:00",
"2012-05-13 19:24:00",
>> "2012-05-14 14:33:00", "2012-05-15 14:39:00",
"2012-05-16 14:07:00",
>> "2012-05-17 13:42:00", "2012-05-18 14:30:00",
"2012-05-19 13:59:00",
>> "2012-05-20 14:14:00", "2012-05-21 14:15:00",
"2012-05-22 14:18:00",
>> "2012-05-23 14:14:00", "2012-05-24 13:52:00"),
class = "factor"),
>>    fcst = c(38.7, 38.9, 39.2, 39.8, 40.5, 41.5, 42.5, 43.1,
>>    43.9, 44.5, 44.8, 45, 45, 45.1, 45.4, 45.8, 46.4, 47, 47.5,
>>    47.9, 39.2, 40, 41.8, 42.2, 42.8, 44.4, 45.7, 46.2, 46.2,
>>    46.2, 46.5, 47, 47.5, 47.9, 48.4, 49, 49.5, 49.9, 50.2, 50.4,
>>    41.3, 42.5, 42.8, 42.8, 42.8, 42.9, 43, 43.3, 43.5, 43.8),
>>    usgs = c(38.5, 38.6, 38.6, 38.6, 39.1, 39.8, 41.2, 42.9,
>>    43.4, 43.6, 43.4, 43.1, 43, 43.1, 43.5, 43.8, 44.1, 44.2,
>>    44.4, 44.5, 39.1, 39.8, 41.2, 42.9, 43.4, 43.6, 43.4, 43.1,
>>    43, 43.1, 43.5, 43.8, 44.1, 44.2, 44.4, 44.5, 44.5, 44.5,
>>    44.6, 44.2, 41.2, 42.9, 43.4, 43.6, 43.4, 43.1, 43, 43.1,
>>    43.5, 43.8)), .Names = c("date", "basistime",
"fcst", "usgs"
>> ), row.names = c(NA, 50L), class = "data.frame")
>>
>> aggregate(fcst ~ basistime,data=legacy, FUN= max)
>>
>> A snippet...
>>
>>              basistime fcst
>> 1   2012-01-25 15:02:00 47.9
>> 2   2012-01-26 15:11:00 50.4
>> 3   2012-01-27 01:41:00 46.0
>> 4   2012-01-27 10:15:00 47.3
>> 5   2012-01-27 15:15:00 47.3
>> 6   2012-01-28 14:22:00 46.2
>> 7   2012-01-29 13:33:00 45.8
>> 8   2012-01-30 14:11:00 44.8
>> 9   2012-01-31 14:24:00 43.9
>> 10  2012-02-01 14:55:00 41.1
>> 11  2012-02-02 14:56:00 38.1
>> 12  2012-02-03 14:40:00 36.2
>> 13  2012-02-04 15:01:00 34.7
>> 14  2012-02-05 15:04:00 33.1
>> 15  2012-02-06 14:37:00 32.2
>>
>> This is what I want, except I need the other corresponding date-time
>> column
>> as well. I've tried this with the date-times as factors and as
POSIXct
>> values and using many of the combinations suggested in the
documentation
>> and other examples. The closest I can get returns the second date as a
>> numeric value:
>>
>> aggregate(cbind(fcst,date) ~ basistime,data=legacy, FUN= max)
>>
>> Produces:
>>
>>              basistime fcst       date
>> 1   2012-01-25 15:02:00 47.9 1327942800
>> 2   2012-01-26 15:11:00 50.4 1328029200
>> 3   2012-01-27 01:41:00 46.0 1328072400
>> 4   2012-01-27 10:15:00 47.3 1328032800
>> 5   2012-01-27 15:15:00 47.3 1328115600
>> 6   2012-01-28 14:22:00 46.2 1328202000
>> 7   2012-01-29 13:33:00 45.8 1328288400
>> 8   2012-01-30 14:11:00 44.8 1328374800
>> 9   2012-01-31 14:24:00 43.9 1328461200
>> 10  2012-02-01 14:55:00 41.1 1328547600
>> 11  2012-02-02 14:56:00 38.1 1328634000
>> 12  2012-02-03 14:40:00 36.2 1328720400
>> 13  2012-02-04 15:01:00 34.7 1328806800
>> 14  2012-02-05 15:04:00 33.1 1328893200
>> 15  2012-02-06 14:37:00 32.2 1328979600
>> 16  2012-02-07 14:42:00 31.2 1329066000
>> 17  2012-02-08 14:44:00 30.4 1329152400
>> 18  2012-02-09 14:27:00 30.0 1329238800
>>
>>
>> Help is greatly appreciated!
>>
>> Regards,
>> Tom
>>
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>> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
>>
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