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The error is actually quite clear. You should return a vector from your 
function, not a data frame.
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On October 29, 2015 4:55:19 PM MST, Axel Urbiz <axel.ur...@gmail.com> wrote:
>Hello,
>
>Sorry, resending this question as the prior was not sent properly.
>
>I’m using the plyr package below to add a variable named "bin" to my
>original data frame "df" with the user-defined function "create_bins".
>I'd
>like to get similar results using dplyr instead, but failing to do so.
>
>set.seed(4)
>df <- data.frame(pred = rnorm(100), models = gl(2, 50, 100, labels =
>c("model1", "model2")))
>
>
>### Using plyr (works fine)
>create_bins <- function(x, nBins)
>{
>  Breaks <- unique(quantile(x$pred, probs = seq(0, 1, 1/nBins)))
>  dfB <-  data.frame(pred = x$pred,
>                    bin = cut(x$pred, breaks = Breaks, include.lowest =
>TRUE))
>  dfB
>}
>
>nBins = 10
>res_plyr <- plyr::ddply(df, plyr::.(models), create_bins, nBins)
>head(res_plyr)
>
>### Using dplyr (fails)
>
>by_group <- dplyr::group_by(df, models)
>res_dplyr <- dplyr::summarize(by_group, create_bins, nBins)
>Error: not a vector
>
>
>Any help would be much appreciated.
>
>Best,
>Axel.
>
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