Try this:
reshape(origdata.long, direction = 'wide', timevar = 'condition', idvar =
c('subject', 'sex'))
On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 10:06 PM, zhenjiang xu <zhenjiang...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Hi,
>
> For example, the data.frame like:
>
> origdata.long <- read.table(header=T, con <- textConnection('
> subject sex condition measurement
> 1 M control 7.9
> 1 M first 12.3
> 1 M second 10.7
> 2 F control 6.3
> 2 F first 10.6
> 2 F second 11.1
> 3 F control 9.5
> 3 F first 13.1
> 3 F second 13.8
> 4 M control 11.5
> 4 M first 13.4
> 4 M second 12.9
> '))
> close(con)
>
> Given a vector c('first', 'second', 'control), how can I reshape the
> data.frame to this?
> # subject sex first second control
> # 1 M 12.3 10.7 7.9
> # 2 F 10.6 11.1 6.3
> # 3 F 13.1 13.8 9.5
> # 4 M 13.4 12.9 11.5
>
> I know reshape() can transform the data.frame from long to wide, but it
> seems not able to control the order of the columns.
>
> Thanks ahead of time
> --
> Best,
> Zhenjiang
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