Don't do this (sorry Thierry)! max() already does this -- see ?max > x <- data.frame(a =rnorm(10), b = rnorm(10)) > max(x) [1] 1.799644
> max(sapply(x,max)) [1] 1.799644 Cheers, Bert Bert Gunter "The trouble with having an open mind is that people keep coming along and sticking things into it." -- Opus (aka Berkeley Breathed in his "Bloom County" comic strip ) On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 7:05 AM, Thierry Onkelinx <thierry.onkel...@inbo.be> wrote: > The maximum over twelve columns is the maximum of the twelve maxima of > each of the columns. > > single_col_max <- apply(x, 2, max) > twelve_col_max <- apply( > matrix(single_col_max, nrow = 12), > 2, > max > ) > > ir. Thierry Onkelinx > Statisticus / Statistician > > Vlaamse Overheid / Government of Flanders > INSTITUUT VOOR NATUUR- EN BOSONDERZOEK / RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE > AND FOREST > Team Biometrie & Kwaliteitszorg / Team Biometrics & Quality Assurance > thierry.onkel...@inbo.be > Havenlaan 88 bus 73, 1000 Brussel > www.inbo.be > > //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > /////////////////////////////// > To call in the statistician after the experiment is done may be no > more than asking him to perform a post-mortem examination: he may be > able to say what the experiment died of. ~ Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher > The plural of anecdote is not data. ~ Roger Brinner > The combination of some data and an aching desire for an answer does > not ensure that a reasonable answer can be extracted from a given body > of data. ~ John Tukey > //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > /////////////////////////////// > > > > > 2018-02-20 15:55 GMT+01:00 Miluji Sb <miluj...@gmail.com>: > > Dear all, > > > > I have monthly data in wide format, I am only providing data (at the > bottom > > of the email) for the first 24 columns but I have 2880 columns in total. > > > > I would like to take max of every 12 columns. I have taken the mean of > > every 12 columns with the following code: > > > > byapply <- function(x, by, fun, ...) > > { > > # Create index list > > if (length(by) == 1) > > { > > nc <- ncol(x) > > split.index <- rep(1:ceiling(nc / by), each = by, length.out = nc) > > } else # 'by' is a vector of groups > > { > > nc <- length(by) > > split.index <- by > > } > > index.list <- split(seq(from = 1, to = nc), split.index) > > > > # Pass index list to fun using sapply() and return object > > sapply(index.list, function(i) > > { > > do.call(fun, list(x[, i], ...)) > > }) > > } > > > > ## Compute annual means > > y <- byapply(df, 12, rowMeans) > > > > How can I switch rowMeans with a command that takes the maximum? I am a > bit > > baffled. Any help will be appreciated. Thank you. > > > > Sincerely, > > > > Milu > > > > ### > > dput(droplevels(head(x, 5))) > > structure(list(X0 = c(295.812103271484, 297.672424316406, > 299.006805419922, > > 297.631500244141, 298.372741699219), X1 = c(295.361328125, > > 297.345092773438, > > 298.067504882812, 297.285339355469, 298.275268554688), X2 = > > c(294.279602050781, > > 296.401550292969, 296.777984619141, 296.089111328125, 297.540374755859 > > ), X3 = c(292.103118896484, 294.253601074219, 293.773803710938, > > 293.916229248047, 296.129943847656), X4 = c(288.525024414062, > > 291.274505615234, 289.502777099609, 290.723388671875, 293.615112304688 > > ), X5 = c(286.018371582031, 288.748565673828, 286.463134765625, > > 288.393951416016, 291.710266113281), X6 = c(285.550537109375, > > 288.159149169922, 285.976501464844, 287.999816894531, 291.228271484375 > > ), X7 = c(289.136962890625, 290.751159667969, 290.170257568359, > > 291.796203613281, 293.423248291016), X8 = c(292.410003662109, > > 292.701263427734, 294.25244140625, 295.320404052734, 295.248199462891 > > ), X9 = c(293.821655273438, 294.139068603516, 296.630157470703, > > 296.963531494141, 296.036224365234), X10 = c(294.532531738281, > > 295.366607666016, 297.677551269531, 296.715911865234, 296.564178466797 > > ), X11 = c(295.869476318359, 297.010070800781, 299.330169677734, > > 297.627593994141, 297.964935302734), X12 = c(295.986236572266, > > 297.675567626953, 299.056671142578, 297.598907470703, 298.481842041016 > > ), X13 = c(295.947601318359, 297.934448242188, 298.745391845703, > > 297.704925537109, 298.819091796875), X14 = c(294.654327392578, > > 296.722717285156, 297.0986328125, 296.508239746094, 297.822021484375 > > ), X15 = c(292.176361083984, 294.49658203125, 293.888305664062, > > 294.172149658203, 296.117095947266), X16 = c(288.400726318359, > > 291.029113769531, 289.361907958984, 290.566772460938, 293.554016113281 > > ), X17 = c(285.665222167969, 288.293029785156, 286.118957519531, > > 288.105285644531, 291.429382324219), X18 = c(285.971252441406, > > 288.3798828125, 286.444580078125, 288.495880126953, 291.447326660156 > > ), X19 = c(288.79296875, 290.357543945312, 289.657928466797, > > 291.449066162109, 293.095275878906), X20 = c(291.999877929688, > > 292.838348388672, 293.840362548828, 294.412322998047, 294.941253662109 > > ), X21 = c(293.615447998047, 294.028106689453, 296.072296142578, > > 296.447387695312, 295.824615478516), X22 = c(294.719848632812, > > 295.392028808594, 297.453216552734, 297.114288330078, 296.883209228516 > > ), X23 = c(295.634429931641, 296.783294677734, 298.592346191406, > > 297.469512939453, 297.832122802734)), .Names = c("X0", "X1", > > "X2", "X3", "X4", "X5", "X6", "X7", "X8", "X9", "X10", "X11", > > "X12", "X13", "X14", "X15", "X16", "X17", "X18", "X19", "X20", > > "X21", "X22", "X23"), row.names = c(NA, 5L), class = "data.frame") > > > > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_ > source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> > > Mail > > priva di virus. www.avast.com > > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_ > source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> > > <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > > ______________________________________________ > > R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > > 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. > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > 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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.