Dear Arun Thank you for the very useful help. However, please kindly explain the code below. row.names(mat1)<- gsub("[_]"," ",row.names(mat1))
1. what does "[_]" mean? 2. what does " " mean? 3. what does row.names(mat1) mean? I checked ?gsub but still did not get the idea. Thank you again Elaine On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 9:35 PM, arun <smartpink...@yahoo.com> wrote: > HI, > > Please use ?dput() > mat1<- as.matrix(read.table(text=" > D0989 D9820 D5629 D4327 D2134 > GID_1 1 0 0 1 0 > GID_2 0 1 1 0 0 > GID_4 0 0 1 0 0 > GID_5 1 1 0 0 0 > GID_7 0 1 0 0 1 > ",sep="",header=TRUE)) > row.names(mat1)<- gsub("[_]"," ",row.names(mat1)) > IslandA<-c("GID 1", "GID 5") > IslandB<- c("GID 2", "GID 4", "GID 7") > res<- t(sapply(c("IslandA","IslandB"),function(x) > {x1<-mat1[match(get(x),row.names(mat1)),];(!!colSums(x1))*1} )) > > res > # D0989 D9820 D5629 D4327 D2134 > #IslandA 1 1 0 1 0 > #IslandB 0 1 1 0 1 > A.K. > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Elaine Kuo <elaine.kuo...@gmail.com> > To: "r-h...@stat.math.ethz.ch" <r-h...@stat.math.ethz.ch> > Cc: > Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2013 9:03 AM > Subject: [R] merge matrix row data > > Dear list, > > > > I have a matrix showing the species presence-absence on a map. > > Its rows are map locations, represented by GridCellID, such as GID1 and GID > 5. > > Its columns are species ID, such as D0989, D9820, and D5629. > > The matrix is as followed. > > > > Now I want to merge the GridCellID according to the map location of each > island. > > For instance, Island A consist of GID 1 and 5. Island B consist of GID 2, > 4, and 7. > > In GID 1 and 5, species D0989 are both 1. > > Then I want to merge GID 1 and 5 into Island A, with species D0989 as 1. > > The original matrix and the resulting matrix are listed below. > > Please kindly advise how to code the calculation in R. > > Please do not hesitate to ask if anything is unclear. > > Thank you in advance. > > > > Elaine > > > > Original matrix > > D0989 D9820 D5629 D4327 D2134 > > GID 1 1 0 0 1 0 > > GID 2 0 1 1 0 0 > > GID 4 0 0 1 0 0 > > GID 5 1 1 0 0 0 > > GID 7 0 1 0 0 1 > > > > Resulting matrix > > D0989 D9820 D5629 D4327 D2134 > > Island A 1 1 0 1 0 > > Island B 0 1 1 0 1 > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ 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.