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If I try to reshape a data frame into a long format with more than one column it seems to mix up the column headings (or the columns, depending on how you look at it). For example: > d <- data.frame(row=1:2,b.1=c("1b1","2b1"),b.2=c("1b2","2b2"),a.1=c("1a1","2a1"),a.2=c("1a2","2a2")) > d row b.1 b.2 a.1 a.2 1 1 1b1 1b2 1a1 1a2 2 2 2b1 2b2 2a1 2a2 If I try reshape on this, the column headings are over the wrong columns: > resha...

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