Try this:
aggregate(as.data.frame(dum.mat.temp), list(row.names(dum.mat.temp)), sum)
On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 6:15 PM, Sarah Berke <skbe...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Does anyone know if there is an R function that will take a matrix like this
>
> jim 1 0 0 0 0 0
> jim 0 1 0 0 0 0
> jim 0 0 1 0 0 0
> bob 1 0 0 0 0 0
> bob 0 0 1 0 0 0
> harry 0 0 1 0 0 0
> harry 0 0 0 1 0 0
> harry 0 0 0 0 1 0
> harry 0 0 0 0 0 1
>
> and make it like this? (that is, add together rows that have the same name?)
>
> jim 1 1 1 0 0 0
> bob 1 0 1 0 0 0
> harry 0 0 1 1 1 1
>
>
> here's the code I started with, if it helps
>
> library (dummies)
> a <- c(1,1,1,2,2,3,3,3,3)
> b<- c("A","B","C","A","C","C","D","E","F")
> name<- c("jim", "jim", "jim", "bob", "bob", "harry", "harry", "harry",
> "harry")
> MyMat <- cbind (a, b)
> rownames (MyMat) <- name
> dum.mat.temp <- dummy ("b", MyMat)
> #dum.mat.temp <-cbind (name, dum.mat.temp) # if you want names
> as a column
> dum.mat.temp
>
> Many thanks in advance!
> --Sarah
>
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