? like this do you mean... > dput(Weeks) structure(c(370L, 342L, 333L, 317L, 308L, 298L, 289L, 269L, 265L, 257L, 254L, 253L, 252L, 249L, 243L, 243L, 239L, 239L, 236L, 234L, 233L, 232L, 230L, 230L, 229L, 229L, 229L, 228L, 227L, 226L, 225L, 222L, 218L, 217L, 216L, 215L, 215L, 214L, 214L, 214L, 212L, 211L, 209L, 209L, 208L, 207L, 205L, 205L, 204L, 204L, 203L, 202L, 202L, 201L, 200L, 199L, 197L, 197L, 197L, 197L, 195L, 194L, 194L, 194L, 193L, 193L, 193L, 193L, 192L, 191L, 190L, 190L, 190L, 189L, 189L, 189L, 189L, 189L, 189L, 188L, 188L, 187L, 187L, 186L, 183L, 182L, 182L, 181L, 180L, 180L, 180L, 179L, 179L, 179L, 178L, 178L, 177L, 177L, 177L, 13091L), .Names = c("2007-12-17", "2009-01-05", "2008-06-09", "2008-12-08", "2009-02-09", "2008-12-01", "2008-05-12", "2009-02-16", "2007-01-22", "2008-06-02", "2007-01-29", "2008-05-19", "2007-06-11", "2008-06-16", "2008-05-26", "2008-06-23", "2008-11-03", "2009-01-12", "2008-07-21", "2007-02-05", "2008-02-18", "2008-07-14", "2008-01-14", "2008-10-27", "2007-12-10", "2008-03-17", "2008-08-04", "2008-11-24", "2006-12-18", "2007-11-26", "2007-11-12", "2006-11-06", "2007-06-25", "2006-04-03", "2008-01-07", "2006-04-10", "2008-07-28", "2006-05-08", "2006-06-05", "2009-02-23", "2007-10-22", "2007-02-19", "2008-06-30", "2009-02-02", "2007-06-04", "2007-12-03", "2006-11-13", "2007-09-03", "2006-08-28", "2008-07-07", "2007-05-14", "2006-08-14", "2007-04-16", "2006-07-31", "2008-12-15", "2006-09-11", "2006-06-12", "2008-01-21", "2008-04-07", "2009-01-26", "2008-02-11", "2007-04-02", "2007-04-09", "2008-04-21", "2006-08-07", "2007-11-19", "2008-04-14", "2008-05-05", "2006-07-24", "2007-05-21", "2006-06-19", "2006-10-09", "2007-02-12", "2007-03-26", "2007-07-09", "2007-11-05", "2008-02-25", "2008-09-08", "2009-08-10", "2008-09-15", "2009-06-08", "2006-05-15", "2007-07-02", "2009-06-01", "2008-11-17", "2006-06-26", "2009-06-29", "2007-08-06", "2007-08-13", "2009-01-19", "2009-07-13", "2006-04-17", "2007-03-05", "2007-12-24", "2006-10-16", "2008-08-11", "2006-05-29", "2006-11-27", "2007-10-29", "(Other)"))
David Winsemius wrote: > > How about a representation of the data that one could so something > with? By that I mean either by the "dump" method described in the > Posting Guide or by using dput: > > ttt <- c(1,2) > > > dput(ttt) > c(1, 2) > > > dump("ttt", stdout() ) > ttt <- > c(1, 2) > > Did you honestly expect anyone in their right mind to reassemble that > data from the console text output??? > > On Nov 29, 2009, at 10:46 AM, DispersionMap wrote: > >> >> Thanks again David, >> >> Heres what happened: >> >>> Weeks<-summary(cut(data$Raised.Date, breaks="weeks")) >>> Weeks >> 2007-12-17 2009-01-05 2008-06-09 2008-12-08 2009-02-09 2008-12-01 >> 370 342 333 317 308 298 >> 2008-05-12 2009-02-16 2007-01-22 2008-06-02 2007-01-29 2008-05-19 >> 289 269 265 257 254 253 >> 2007-06-11 2008-06-16 2008-05-26 2008-06-23 2008-11-03 2009-01-12 >> 252 249 243 243 239 239 >> 2008-07-21 2007-02-05 2008-02-18 2008-07-14 2008-01-14 2008-10-27 >> 236 234 233 232 230 230 >> 2007-12-10 2008-03-17 2008-08-04 2008-11-24 2006-12-18 2007-11-26 >> 229 229 229 228 227 226 >> 2007-11-12 2006-11-06 2007-06-25 2006-04-03 2008-01-07 2006-04-10 >> 225 222 218 217 216 215 >> 2008-07-28 2006-05-08 2006-06-05 2009-02-23 2007-10-22 2007-02-19 >> 215 214 214 214 212 211 >> 2008-06-30 2009-02-02 2007-06-04 2007-12-03 2006-11-13 2007-09-03 >> 209 209 208 207 205 205 >> 2006-08-28 2008-07-07 2007-05-14 2006-08-14 2007-04-16 2006-07-31 >> 204 204 203 202 202 201 >> 2008-12-15 2006-09-11 2006-06-12 2008-01-21 2008-04-07 2009-01-26 >> 200 199 197 197 197 197 >> 2008-02-11 2007-04-02 2007-04-09 2008-04-21 2006-08-07 2007-11-19 >> 195 194 194 194 193 193 >> 2008-04-14 2008-05-05 2006-07-24 2007-05-21 2006-06-19 2006-10-09 >> 193 193 192 191 190 190 >> 2007-02-12 2007-03-26 2007-07-09 2007-11-05 2008-02-25 2008-09-08 >> 190 189 189 189 189 189 >> 2009-08-10 2008-09-15 2009-06-08 2006-05-15 2007-07-02 2009-06-01 >> 189 188 188 187 187 186 >> 2008-11-17 2006-06-26 2009-06-29 2007-08-06 2007-08-13 2009-01-19 >> 183 182 182 181 180 180 >> 2009-07-13 2006-04-17 2007-03-05 2007-12-24 2006-10-16 2008-08-11 >> 180 179 179 179 178 178 >> 2006-05-29 2006-11-27 2007-10-29 (Other) >> 177 177 177 13091 >> >> >> As you can see its come out a little disorderly though. >> I have to plot the number of events under each date in a time series. >> >> How do i order the dates and their counts? > > Well, you don't really have dates anymore, do you? You have week > numbers with labels that look like dates. So ordering them is a piece > of cake given the laws of mathematics. > > Weeks[order(Weeks)] #untested... no reproducible data > > Aggregating them into counts can be done with various functions, > the most basic of which is table: > > table(Weeks) > > -- > David. > >> >> >> >> >> >> >> David Winsemius wrote: >>> >>> >>> On Nov 29, 2009, at 7:52 AM, Linlin Yan wrote: >>> >>>> There is no year() function. Maybe you can try format() instead. >>>> >>>> On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 8:44 PM, DispersionMap <frenc...@btinternet.com >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> i have a column of dates in this format: >>>>> >>>>> data[,"Raised.Date"] <- as.Date(data[,"Raised.Date"], "%d/%m/%Y"); >>>>> data[1:10,"Raised.Date"] >>>>> [1] "2006-07-07" "2006-07-07" "2006-04-03" "2006-04-03" >>>>> "2006-04-03" >>>>> "2006-04-03" "2006-04-03" "2006-04-03" "2006-04-03" "2006-04-03" >>>>> >>>>> I can turn them into months like this... >>>>> >>>>> Month<-months(data[,"Raised.Date"]) >>>>> Month[1:10] >>>>> [1] "July" "July" "April" "April" "April" "April" "April" "April" >>>>> "April" >>>>> "April" >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> But i also want to turn them into years (and also weeks later on), >>>>> so tried >>>>> this... >>> >>> library(chron) >>> ?cut.dates >>> >>> The argument breaks has several options including one of c("days", >>> "weeks", "months", "year") >>> >>>> dts <- Sys.Date() - 1:20 >>> >>>> cut(dts, breaks="weeks") >>> [1] 2009-11-23 2009-11-23 2009-11-23 2009-11-23 2009-11-23 >>> 2009-11-23 2009-11-16 2009-11-16 2009-11-16 2009-11-16 >>> [11] 2009-11-16 2009-11-16 2009-11-16 2009-11-09 2009-11-09 >>> 2009-11-09 >>> 2009-11-09 2009-11-09 2009-11-09 2009-11-09 >>> Levels: 2009-11-09 2009-11-16 2009-11-23 >>> >>> I was a bit puzzled when I tried cut.dates as the function which >>> throws a function not found error. >>> >>> >>>>> >>>>> Year<-year(data[,"Raised.Date"]) >>>>> Error: could not find function "year" >>>> >>> >>> >>> David Winsemius, MD >>> Heritage Laboratories >>> West Hartford, CT >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> 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. >>> >>> >> >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://n4.nabble.com/column-of-dates-into-time-series-tp930699p930744.html >> Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> ______________________________________________ >> 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. > > David Winsemius, MD > Heritage Laboratories > West Hartford, CT > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > > -- View this message in context: http://n4.nabble.com/column-of-dates-into-time-series-tp930699p930777.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________ 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.