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Hi, I have tuples of data in rows of a data.frame, each column is a variable for the 'items' (one per row). One of the variables is the 'size' of the item (row). I would like to cut my data.frame into groups such that each group has the same *total size*. So, assuming that we order by size, some groups should have several small items while other groups have a few large

Hi Folks, This is not an R question as such, though it may well have an R answer. (And, in any case, this community probably knows more about most things than most others ... indeed, has probably pondered this very question). I: Given a "catalogue" of hundreds of books, where each "entry" has author and title (or equivalent ID), and also Ia) The dimensions (thickness,