Re: [R] Fill down a new column in data frame with a number

2018-05-10 Thread Rui Barradas
Hello, You don't need rep(), R will fill the entire column with the number. See the example below. dat <- data.frame(x = 1:10) dat$newnumber <- 20 dat #x newnumber #1 120 #2 220 #3 320 #4 420 #5 520 #6 620 #7 720 #8 8

Re: [R] Fill down a new column in data frame with a number

2018-05-10 Thread S Ellison
> I am traying to create a a column in my data frame filled down with a > number. > > > df$newcolumn <- number > > How can I do it? I am considering use rep() but in this case it is > necessary know the number of rows in each data base that I have and I would > like to do it in a faster ( and m

Re: [R] Fill down a new column in data frame with a number

2018-05-10 Thread Sarah Goslee
Why doesn't the code you posted work for you? "number" appears to be a constant, so R will fill automatically the correct length. (Note that calling your data frame df leads to confusion.) > mydf <- data.frame(a=letters[1:5], b=runif(5)) > mydf a b 1 a 0.52880425 2 b 0.02422788 3 c 0.56

[R] Fill down a new column in data frame with a number

2018-05-10 Thread Marcelo Mariano Silva
Hi, I am a begginer in R programming. I am traying to create a a column in my data frame filled down with a number. > df$newcolumn <- number How can I do it? I am considering use rep() but in this case it is necessary know the number of rows in each data base that I have and I would like to d