This was fixed fairly recently in 2.3.0 patched. It works in SVN
revision 37953.
-roger
Gabor Grothendieck wrote:
> I am moving this from r-help to r-devel.
>
> The poster pointed out to me that my solution works in 2.2.1 but not
> in 2.3.0 patched. Does anyone know what the problem is?
>
>
>># 2.3.0 patched -- gives error
>>DF <- data.frame(A = gl(2,2), B = gl(2,2), C = 1:4) # test data
>>out.by <- by(DF, DF$A, function(x) replace(x[1,], "C", sum(x$C)))
>>do.call(rbind, out.by)
>
> Error in data.frame(A = c("1", "2"), B = c("1", "2"), C = c("3", "7"), :
> row names contain missing values
>
>>R.version.string # Windows XP
>
> [1] "Version 2.3.0 Patched (2006-04-28 r37936)"
>
>
>># 2.3.1 -- works ok
>>DF <- data.frame(A = gl(2,2), B = gl(2,2), C = 1:4) # test data
>>out.by <- by(DF, DF$A, function(x) replace(x[1,], "C", sum(x$C)))
>>do.call(rbind, out.by)
>
> A B C
> 1 1 1 3
> 2 2 2 7
>
>>R.version.string # Windows XP
>
> [1] "R version 2.2.1, 2005-12-20"
>
> On 5/3/06, Gabor Grothendieck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>Suppose we want to sum C over levels of A and that B is constant
>>within levels of A. Then:
>>
>>DF <- data.frame(A = gl(2,2), B = gl(2,2), C = 1:4) # test data
>>do.call("rbind", by(DF, DF$A, function(x) replace(x[1,], "C", sum(x$C))))
>>
>>
>>
>>On 5/3/06, Guenther, Cameron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>>Hello,
>>>
>>>I have a data set with a grouping variable (TRIPID) and several other
>>>variables. TRIPID is repeated in some areas and I would like to use a
>>>function like aggregate to sum the variable UNITS according to TRIPID.
>>>However I would also like to retain the other variables as they are in
>>>the data set with the new summed TRIPID.
>>>
>>>So what I have is something like this:
>>>
>>>YEAR MONTH DAY CONTINUE SPL AREA COUNTY DEPTH
>>>DEPUNIT GEAR GEAR2 TRAPS SOAKTIME UNITS FACTOR DISPOSIT
>>>NUMSETS TRIPST TRIPID
>>>1992 1 26 1 SP0073928 8
>>>25 4 NA 1000000 NA NA
>>>NA 161 1 NA NA
>>>NA 0216 3399054 1992 1 26
>>>1 SP0073928 8 25 4 NA
>>>1000000 NA NA NA 8
>>>1 NA NA NA 0216 3399054
>>>1992 1 26 2 SP0004228 8
>>>25 4 NA 1000000 NA NA
>>>NA 161 1 NA NA
>>>NA 0216 3399054 1992 1 26
>>>2 SP0004228 8 25 4 NA
>>>1000000 NA NA NA 8
>>>1 NA NA NA 0216 3399054
>>>1992 1 25 NA SP0052652 8
>>>25 4 NA 1000000 NA NA
>>>NA 85 1 NA NA
>>>NA 0216 3399057 1992 1 26
>>>NA SP0037940 8 25 4 NA
>>>1000000 NA NA NA 70
>>>1 NA NA NA 0216 3399058
>>>1992 1 27 NA SP0072357 8
>>>25 4 NA 1000000 NA NA
>>>NA 15 1 NA NA
>>>NA 0216 3399059
>>>1992 1 27 NA SP0072357 8
>>>25 4 NA 1000000 NA NA
>>>NA 20 1 NA NA
>>>NA 0216 3399059 1992 1 27
>>>NA SP0026324 8 25 4 NA
>>>1000000 NA NA NA 8
>>>1 NA NA NA 0216 3399060
>>>1992 1 28 1 SP0072357 8
>>>25 4 NA 1000000 NA NA
>>>NA 200 1 NA NA
>>>NA 0216 3399062
>>>
>>>And what I want is this:
>>>
>>>YEAR MONTH DAY CONTINUE SPL AREA COUNTY DEPTH
>>>DEPUNIT GEAR GEAR2 TRAPS SOAKTIME UNITS FACTOR DISPOSIT
>>>NUMSETS TRIPST TRIPID
>>>1992 1 26 1 SP0073928 8
>>>25 4 NA 1000000 NA NA
>>>NA 338 1 NA NA
>>>NA 0216 3399054 1992 1 25
>>>NA SP0052652 8 25 4 NA
>>>1000000 NA NA NA 85
>>>1 NA NA NA 0216 3399057
>>>1992 1 26 NA SP0037940 8
>>>25 4 NA 1000000 NA NA
>>>NA 70 1 NA NA
>>>NA 0216 3399058
>>>1992 1 27 NA SP0072357 8
>>>25 4 NA 1000000 NA NA
>>>NA 35 1 NA NA
>>>NA 0216 3399059
>>>1992 1 27 NA SP0026324 8
>>>25 4 NA 1000000 NA NA
>>>NA 8 1 NA NA
>>>NA 0216 3399060
>>>1992 1 28 1 SP0072357 8
>>>25 4 NA 1000000 NA NA
>>>NA 200 1 NA NA
>>>NA 0216 3399062
>>>
>>>
>>>Does anyone know how to do this. Data file is attached.
>>>Thanks in advance
>>>
>>>Cameron Guenther, Ph.D.
>>>Associate Research Scientist
>>>FWC/FWRI, Marine Fisheries Research
>>>100 8th Avenue S.E.
>>>St. Petersburg, FL 33701
>>>(727)896-8626 Ext. 4305
>>>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>
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>>>
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