Re: [R] Different way of aggregating

2010-08-19 Thread skan
Phil Spector wrote: > > > For chron objects: > > aggregate(thedata$value,list(hour=hours(thedata$date)),mean) > > Ok, thanks, that's what I need. Now it seems so easy... Could you tell me why we write... ? aggregate(thedata$value,list(hour=hours(thedata$date)),mean) instead of just ag

Re: [R] Different way of aggregating

2010-08-18 Thread Dennis Murphy
Hi: On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 4:43 PM, skan wrote: > > Hi > > > Usually "aggregate" is used to calculate things such as the sum of all data > on the first day, the sum next day, and so on. > But how can I calculate the mean of the first hour of all days, the mean of > the second hour of all days,

Re: [R] Different way of aggregating

2010-08-18 Thread Phil Spector
Skan - I'll answer this question: "how can I calculate the mean of the first hour of all days, the mean of the second hour of all days, and so on." Since you didn't include a reproducible example, I have to make some assumptions. Since you are interested in hours, I'm guessing your dates are