Hi This below system.time of the 3 solutions with a large dataframe df1 (nrow=55000).
# Arun system.time(df1$CatEch1 <- paste0(df1$Cat,".",sprintf("%02d",df1$Ech))) # user system elapsed # 0.06 0.00 0.06 # Rui Barradas system.time(df1$CatEch2 <- pastedf1$Cat, sprintf("%02d", df1$Ech), sep = ".") ) # user system elapsed # 0.17 0.00 0.17 # R Lancelot system.time(df1$CatEch3 <- paste(df1$Cat, formatC(df1$Ech, flag = "0", width = max(nchar(df1$Ech))), sep = ".")) # user system elapsed # 0.34 0.00 0.35 Thanks Michel Le 08/09/2013 19:15, Arnaud Michel a écrit : > Thanks to all three for your fast answer > Michel > > Le 08/09/2013 18:41, Renaud Lancelot a écrit : >> paste(df1$Cat, >> formatC(df1$Ech, flag = "0", width = max(nchar(df1$Ech))), >> sep = ".") >> >> >> >> 2013/9/8 Arnaud Michel <michel.arn...@cirad.fr >> <mailto:michel.arn...@cirad.fr>> >> >> Hello >> I have a large dataframe (nrow=55000). >> This below df1 an extract of the original dataframe >> >> dput(df1) >> structure(list(Cat = c(6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, >> 4, 8, 8, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 7, 7, 7, 7, >> 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, >> 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, >> 6, 7, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 6, 7, 7, >> 7, 7, 7), Ech = c(8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 12, 13, 13, 11, 12, 13, 14, >> 14, 14, 9, 10, 5, 6, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 11, 11, >> 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 8, 8, 9, 9, 8, 9, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, >> 5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 6, 6, 7, 7, 7, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 9, 10, 10, >> 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 15, 5, 6, 7, 7, 8, 8, 8, 8, 9, 9, 13, >> 13, 14, 15, 15, 15, 10, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)), .Names = c("Cat", "Ech" >> ), row.names = c("1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "10", >> "11", "12", "13", "14", "15", "17", "18", "19", "20", "21", "22", >> "23", "24", "25", "27", "28", "29", "30", "31", "32", "33", "35", >> "36", "37", "38", "39", "40", "41", "42", "43", "45", "46", "47", >> "48", "49", "50", "51", "52", "53", "54", "55", "56", "57", "59", >> "60", "61", "62", "63", "64", "65", "66", "67", "68", "69", "71", >> "72", "73", "74", "75", "76", "77", "78", "79", "80", "81", "82", >> "83", "84", "86", "87", "88", "89", "90", "91", "92", "93", "94", >> "95", "96", "98", "99", "100", "101", "102", "103", "105", "106", >> "107", "108", "109", "110"), class = "data.frame") >> >> I do not manage to avoid a do loop because very slow >> I want to obtain a new dataframe df2 with a new variable CatEch. >> CatEch is the paste of the 2 variables Cat and Ech >> dput(df2) >> structure(list(Cat = c(6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, >> 4, 8, 8, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 7, 7, 7, 7, >> 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, >> 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, >> 6, 7, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 6, 7, 7, >> 7, 7, 7), Ech = c(8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 12, 13, 13, 11, 12, 13, 14, >> 14, 14, 9, 10, 5, 6, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 11, 11, >> 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 8, 8, 9, 9, 8, 9, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, >> 5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 6, 6, 7, 7, 7, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 9, 10, 10, >> 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 15, 5, 6, 7, 7, 8, 8, 8, 8, 9, 9, 13, >> 13, 14, 15, 15, 15, 10, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5), CatEch = c("6.08", "6.09", >> "6.10", "6.11", "6.12", "6.12", "6.13", "6.13", "4.11", "4.12", >> "4.13", "4.14", "4.14", "4.14", "8.09", "8.10", "9.05", "9.06", >> "9.07", "9.07", "9.07", "9.07", "9.07", "6.07", "6.08", "6.09", >> "6.10", "6.11", "6.11", "6.11", "7.04", "7.05", "7.06", "7.07", >> "7.08", "7.08", "7.08", "7.09", "7.09", "7.08", "7.09", "8.02", >> "8.03", "8.04", "8.05", "8.05", "8.05", "8.05", "8.05", "8.05", >> "8.05", "8.05", "8.01", "8.02", "8.03", "8.04", "8.05", "8.06", >> "8.06", "8.06", "8.07", "8.07", "8.07", "6.05", "6.06", "6.07", >> "6.08", "6.09", "6.09", "6.10", "6.10", "6.11", "6.11", "6.11", >> "6.11", "6.11", "6.11", "7.15", "8.05", "8.06", "8.07", "8.07", >> "8.08", "8.08", "8.08", "8.08", "8.09", "8.09", "2.13", "2.13", >> "2.14", "2.15", "2.15", "2.15", "6.10", "7.01", "7.02", "7.03", >> "7.04", "7.05")), .Names = c("Cat", "Ech", "CatEch"), row.names = >> c("1", >> "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "10", "11", "12", "13", "14", >> "15", "17", "18", "19", "20", "21", "22", "23", "24", "25", "27", >> "28", "29", "30", "31", "32", "33", "35", "36", "37", "38", "39", >> "40", "41", "42", "43", "45", "46", "47", "48", "49", "50", "51", >> "52", "53", "54", "55", "56", "57", "59", "60", "61", "62", "63", >> "64", "65", "66", "67", "68", "69", "71", "72", "73", "74", "75", >> "76", "77", "78", "79", "80", "81", "82", "83", "84", "86", "87", >> "88", "89", "90", "91", "92", "93", "94", "95", "96", "98", "99", >> "100", "101", "102", "103", "105", "106", "107", "108", "109", >> "110"), class = "data.frame") >> Any idea ? 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