[R] How to do it in R

Leonardo Fontenelle leonardof at leonardof.med.br
Fri Jun 24 18:21:59 CEST 2016


myfun <- function(a, b) a/(a + b)

Leonardo Ferreira Fontenelle

Em Sex 24 jun. 2016, às 13:05, André Luis Neves escreveu:
> Dear all,
> 
> I`ve got to calculate the ratio of methanogens to bacteria, but I
> wouldn`t
> like to divide the total copy numbers of methanogens ( on average 10^8)
> by
> bacteria (10^10) because they have different exponents and bases. So, my
> idea is to standardize both microorganisms counts to 10^3.
> 
> Hypothetical example of what I`d like to do:
> 
> Total Methanogens: 28 x 10^3
> Total bacteria: 710 x 10^3
> 
> 
> Total: 710 + 28= 738 x 10^3
> 
> Met/bac Ratio : (28/738)*100 = 3.79%
> 
> How could I perform this calculation in R?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -- 
> Andre
> 
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