I have several data frames containing similar data. I'd like to pass these
data frames to a function for processing. The function would create newly
named "global" data frames containing the processed data. I cannot figure
out how to assign names to the data frames in Step 1 or Step 2 in the
following example:
# sample function in pseudo code
processdf <- function(df, prefix) {
# df - data frame containing data for processing
# prefix - string to become the first part of the names of the resulting
data frames
# Step 1 - processs df into several subsets
df1 <<- subset(df, df$cond1 & df$cond2 & ...)
df2 <<- subset(df, df$cond3 & df$cond4 & ...)
df3 <<- subset(df, df$cond5 & df$cond6 & ...)
# and so on....for many more steps with resulting data frames
# Step 2 - rename the resulting global data frames
rename "df1" to prefix + "cond1cond2"
rename "df2" to prefix + "cond3cond4"
rename "df3" to prefix + "cond5cond6"
# and so on for the remaining data frames
}
Example using data frames: frame1 and frame2:
processdf(frame1, "frame1")
# produces these data frames:
frame1cond1cond2
frame1cond3cond4
frame1cond5cond6
processdf(frame2, "frame2")
# produces these data frames:
frame2cond1cond2
frame2cond3cond4
frame2cond5cond6
Thank you for your thoughts,
Matt
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