Hello, I have the following task I'd like to accomplish:
A file contains 5 columns of data (several hundred rows), let's call them a, b, c, d and e (ie these are their column headers) I also have a set of definitions, e.g., f = a + b g = a * 3 h = c + d etc. I would like to write out a new .rda file that contains columns a b c d e f g h etc. I.e. , the original data plus new columns (with headers and data). It seems that there ought to be a simple way to do this, could someone provide some guidance on the best way to accomplish this task? (I tried a few things as this seemed rather trivial, but did not succeed. I still hope/assume this is a trivial thing to do if one knows R well) Thanks, Esmail ps: I want to thank everyone again who posted their solutions to my previous query. Seeing different solutions for the same problem is a tremendously effective way to learn something new. ______________________________________________ R-help@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.