# I have a dataframe with a factor and data:
a <- rep(c("a", "b"), c(6,6))
df <- data.frame(f=a, d=rnorm(12))
df
# I want to make a single plot with boxplots of each factor. I need to
do it via a loop as I would like to apply it to other dataframes with
many factors. The following is a loop that produces a boxplot of the
last factor, which overwrites the previous factor.
for (i in levels(df$f)){
z <- assign(as.character(i), as.vector(df[df$f==i,2],
mode="numeric"))
boxplot(z)
}
# How can I stop the first factor being overwritten so that two boxplots
are displayed in the plot. The result I need is also produced by:
boxplot(df[df$f=="a",2], df[df$f=="b",2])
# but I need it to be done through the loop. Thanks in advance!
# Sam
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of Sydney
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