Specifically,
I used the following set up:
newdata <- tapply(mydata(#), list(mydata(X), mydata(Y)), sum)
I currently have a table that currently is listed as follows:
X= State, Y= County within State, #= a numerical total of something
- __ Y1 Y2 Y3 Yn
- X1 ## ## ## ##
- X2 ## ## ## ##
- X3 ## ## ## ##
- Xn ## ## ## ##
What I need is a table listed as follows:
- X1 Y1 ##
- X1 Y2 ##
- X1 Y3 ##
- X1 Yn ##
- X2 Y1 ##
- X2 Y2 ##
- X2 Y3 ##
- X2 Yn ##
- Xn Y1 ##
- Xn Y2 ##
- Xn Y3 ##
- Xn Yn ##
library(reshape2)
new_data <- melt(old_data, id.vars=1)
Look into ?melt for more details on syntax.
example:
> df <- data.frame(x=1:5, y1=rnorm(5), y2=rnorm(5))
> df
x y1 y2
1 1 -1.3417817 -1.1777317
2 2 -0.4014688 1.4653270
3 3 0.4050132 1.5547598
4 4 0.1622901 -1.2976084
5 5 -0.7207541 -0.1203277
> melt(df, id.vars=1)
x variable value
1 1 y1 -1.3417817
2 2 y1 -0.4014688
3 3 y1 0.4050132
4 4 y1 0.1622901
5 5 y1 -0.7207541
6 1 y2 -1.1777317
7 2 y2 1.4653270
8 3 y2 1.5547598
9 4 y2 -1.2976084
10 5 y2 -0.1203277
Some example data
mydata <- data.frame(num=rnorm(40),
gp1=rep(LETTERS[1:2],2),
gp2=rep(letters[1:2],each=2))
And applying tapply to it:
tmp <- tapply(mydata$num, list(mydata$gp1, mydata$gp2), sum)
The result of tapply is a matrix, but you can treat it like a table and use as.data.frame.table to convert it. This does not rely on any additional packages.
as.data.frame.table(tmp)
The two different data structures look like:
> tmp
a b
A 8.381483 6.373657
B 2.379303 -1.189488
> as.data.frame.table(tmp)
Var1 Var2 Freq
1 A a 8.381483
2 B a 2.379303
3 A b 6.373657
4 B b -1.189488
