Hi Janet, I am not sure what your problem is. It seems that the code you wrote is doing what you want. The command 'head(tmp2$X1)' is outputting a numeric vector, not a list.
Eric On Sat, Jun 29, 2019 at 9:28 PM Janet Choate <jsc....@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > I have a data frame that looks something like this (but much longer): > df > scen streamflow trans evap psn > 1 0.019234 1.658967 0.002883 0.002391 > 1 0.019027 1.661192 0.002844 0.003142 > 2 0.018821 1.695623 0.003192 0.002167 > 2 0.018619 1.503481 0.002536 0.003059 > 3 0.018425 0.000008 1.880355 0.002592 > 3 0.018369 0.100551 2.225793 0.006642 > > i want to end up with something like this (for each variable - streamflow, > trans, evap, psn). using the variable trans here as an example: > trans1 trans2 trans3 > 1.658967 1.695623 0.000008 > 1.661192 1.503481 0.100551 > > so that each variable (streamflow, trans, evap, psn) is in a separate > column based on the scen #. > > i used split which created a list for each scen #: > test = split(df[,,], df$scen) > as well as > test = as.data.frame(split(df[,,], df$scen) > > which did separate out each scen instance, but in lists, i.e.: > $`1` > [1] 1.658967 1.661192 > $`2` > [1] 1.695623 1.503481 > $`3` > [1] 0.000008 0.100551 > > if i use as.data.frame, i.e.: > test2 = as.data.frame(test) > > it seems like it puts it into columns, i.e.: > X1 X2 X3 > 1 1.658967 1.695623 0.000008 > 2 1.661192 1.503481 0.100551 > > however, if i look at one of the variables, it still presents as a list, > even though the class is numeric: > head(tmp2$X1) > [1] 1.658967 1.661192 > > can anyone tell me how to get this into the format i want - where each > variable for each scen # is in it's own column in a data frame? > thank you, > Janet > > -- > Tague Team Lab Manager > 1005 Bren Hall > UCSB, Santa Barbara, CA. > > [[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. > [[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.
