[R] filling a vector with a tapply function applied to another vector

[Petr PIKAL]

Hi

Use ave instead of tapply. It is designed for such task

Regards
Petr
r-help-bounces at r-project.org napsal dne 12.11.2010 10:49:17:

> albechan <alberto.casetta at satt.biz> 
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> 12.11.2010 10:49
> 
> Re: [R] filling a vector with a tapply function applied to another 
vector
> 
> 
> The first column has 331 rows, the number of factors in the second 
column is
> 20 repeated in order to have 331 rows too. What I need is to reapeat in 
the
> third column each of the 20 results derived from
> tapply(firstcolumn,secondcolumn,mean) as many times as each factor 
appears
> in the second column. So I'll have 331 values in the third column as 
well. 
> I hope it's clear enough what I need to do.
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