Dear list, # I have a DF like this: sleep$b <- c(rep(8,10), rep(9,10)) sleep$me <- with(sleep, ave(extra, group, FUN = mean)) sleep
# I would like to create a new variable # holding the b-th value of group 1 and 2. # This is not what I want, it takes always the '8' from group '1' # and not the '9' sleep$gr <- with(sleep, ave(extra, group, FUN = function(x) x[ b[1] ])) sleep Thanks for any help! Patrick ______________________________________________ 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.