[R] Help needed with aggregate or other solution

Anthoni, Peter (IMK) peter.anthoni at kit.edu
Fri Oct 27 08:20:43 CEST 2017


Hi Thomas,

Would this work:
res1=aggregate(dta[,"fcst"],by=list(basistime=dta[,"basistime"]),FUN=max)
mm=match(paste(res1[,"basistime"],res1[,"x"]),paste(dta[,"basistime"],dta[,"fcst"]))
dta[mm,]
> dta[mm,]
                  date           basistime fcst usgs
20 2012-01-30 12:00:00 2012-01-25 15:02:00 47.9 44.5
40 2012-01-31 12:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 50.4 44.2
50 2012-01-29 12:00:00 2012-01-27 01:41:00 43.8 43.8

cheers
Peter



> On 26. Oct 2017, at 17:07, Jeff Newmiller <jdnewmil at dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 26 Oct 2017, Thomas Adams wrote:
> 
>> Hi Jeff,
>> Thank you for the suggestions -- I appreciate your help. Unfortunately, the
>> result2 has two problems...
>> (1) there are now 3 date columns (it looks like 2 cols are merged into 1
>> col)
> 
> No, there are two date columns. Result2 includes the grouping value as a row name (pulled from the names of the dta2list items by rbind).
> 
>> (2) the output rows should not have any of the basistime dates repeated
>> (maybe I misstated the problem); I need the max fcst value by basistime, but
>> also list the date value for that row; for example:
> 
> Then try out my code replacing
> 
> dta2list <- split( dta2, dta2$date )
> 
> with
> 
> dta2list <- split( dta2, dta2$basistime )
> 
> and
> 
> %>% group_by( date )
> 
> with
> 
> %>% group_by( basistime )
> 
> Please study how the code works and ask questions based on gaps in that knowledge rather than how the results are not what you expected. This mailing list is not a do-your-work-for-you coding service. Some help pages you should look at include:
> 
> ?rownames
> ?split
> ?lapply
> ?do.call
> ?rbind
> ?group_by
> ?do
> 
> You might also find [1] helpful in general, and [2] helpful for understanding dplyr.
> 
> [1] H. Wickham, The Split-Apply-Combine Strategy for Data Analysis, Journal of Statistical Software, vol. 40, no. 1, Apr. 2011.
> 
> [2] H. Wickham and G. Grolemund, R for Data Science. OReilly UK Ltd, 2017. URL: https://r4ds.had.co.nz.
> 
>>              basistime fcst
>> 1   2012-01-25 15:02:00 47.9
>> 2   2012-01-26 15:11:00 50.4
>> 3   2012-01-27 01:41:00 46.0
>> 4   2012-01-27 10:15:00 47.3
>> 5   2012-01-27 15:15:00 47.3
>> 6   2012-01-28 14:22:00 46.2
>> 7   2012-01-29 13:33:00 45.8
>> 8   2012-01-30 14:11:00 44.8
>> 9   2012-01-31 14:24:00 43.9
>> 10  2012-02-01 14:55:00 41.1
>> 11  2012-02-02 14:56:00 38.1
>> 12  2012-02-03 14:40:00 36.2
>> 13  2012-02-04 15:01:00 34.7
>> 14  2012-02-05 15:04:00 33.1
>> 15  2012-02-06 14:37:00 32.2
>> This is very close to what I need. The basistime dates are all unique, with
>> the max fcst value for the available basistime dates; but I additionally
>> need the corresponding 'date' value.
>> Best,
>> Tom
>> On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 1:28 AM, Jeff Newmiller <jdnewmil at dcn.davis.ca.us>
>> wrote:
>>      Thanks for the dput...
>> 
>>      #### reproducible example of split-apply-combine ###
>> 
>>      dta <- structure(list(date = structure(c(1L, 2L, 3L, 4L, 5L, 6L,
>>      7L,
>>      8L, 9L, 10L, 11L, 12L, 13L, 14L, 15L, 16L, 17L, 18L, 19L, 20L,
>>      5L, 6L, 7L, 8L, 9L, 10L, 11L, 12L, 13L, 14L, 15L, 16L, 17L, 18L,
>>      19L, 20L, 21L, 22L, 23L, 24L, 7L, 8L, 9L, 10L, 11L, 12L, 13L,
>>      14L, 15L, 16L), .Label = c("2012-01-25 18:00:00", "2012-01-26
>>      00:00:00",
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>>      "2012-05-19 18:00:00", "2012-05-20 00:00:00", "2012-05-20
>>      06:00:00",
>>      "2012-05-20 12:00:00", "2012-05-20 18:00:00", "2012-05-21
>>      00:00:00",
>>      "2012-05-21 06:00:00", "2012-05-21 12:00:00", "2012-05-21
>>      18:00:00",
>>      "2012-05-22 00:00:00", "2012-05-22 06:00:00", "2012-05-22
>>      12:00:00",
>>      "2012-05-22 18:00:00", "2012-05-23 00:00:00", "2012-05-23
>>      06:00:00",
>>      "2012-05-23 12:00:00", "2012-05-23 18:00:00", "2012-05-24
>>      00:00:00",
>>      "2012-05-24 06:00:00", "2012-05-24 12:00:00", "2012-05-24
>>      18:00:00",
>>      "2012-05-25 00:00:00", "2012-05-25 06:00:00", "2012-05-25
>>      12:00:00",
>>      "2012-05-25 18:00:00", "2012-05-26 00:00:00", "2012-05-26
>>      06:00:00",
>>      "2012-05-26 12:00:00", "2012-05-26 18:00:00", "2012-05-27
>>      00:00:00",
>>      "2012-05-27 06:00:00", "2012-05-27 12:00:00", "2012-05-27
>>      18:00:00",
>>      "2012-05-28 00:00:00", "2012-05-28 06:00:00", "2012-05-28
>>      12:00:00",
>>      "2012-05-28 18:00:00", "2012-05-29 00:00:00", "2012-05-29
>>      06:00:00",
>>      "2012-05-29 12:00:00"), class = "factor"), basistime =
>>      structure(c(1L,
>>      1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L,
>>      1L, 1L, 1L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L,
>>      2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L,
>>      3L), .Label = c("2012-01-25 15:02:00", "2012-01-26 15:11:00",
>>      "2012-01-27 01:41:00", "2012-01-27 10:15:00", "2012-01-27
>>      15:15:00",
>>      "2012-01-28 14:22:00", "2012-01-29 13:33:00", "2012-01-30
>>      14:11:00",
>>      "2012-01-31 14:24:00", "2012-02-01 14:55:00", "2012-02-02
>>      14:56:00",
>>      "2012-02-03 14:40:00", "2012-02-04 15:01:00", "2012-02-05
>>      15:04:00",
>>      "2012-02-06 14:37:00", "2012-02-07 14:42:00", "2012-02-08
>>      14:44:00",
>>      "2012-02-09 14:27:00", "2012-02-10 14:33:00", "2012-02-11
>>      15:05:00",
>>      "2012-02-12 15:09:00", "2012-02-13 15:00:00", "2012-02-14
>>      15:10:00",
>>      "2012-02-15 14:46:00", "2012-02-16 14:42:00", "2012-02-17
>>      14:14:00",
>>      "2012-02-18 15:27:00", "2012-02-19 13:13:00", "2012-02-20
>>      13:56:00",
>>      "2012-02-21 14:39:00", "2012-02-22 15:33:00", "2012-02-23
>>      15:14:00",
>>      "2012-02-24 15:14:00", "2012-02-25 14:25:00", "2012-02-26
>>      14:08:00",
>>      "2012-02-27 14:55:00", "2012-02-28 14:40:00", "2012-02-29
>>      14:45:00",
>>      "2012-03-01 15:18:00", "2012-03-02 15:18:00", "2012-03-03
>>      15:43:00",
>>      "2012-03-04 15:16:00", "2012-03-05 15:17:00", "2012-03-06
>>      15:03:00",
>>      "2012-03-07 14:44:00", "2012-03-08 14:53:00", "2012-03-09
>>      15:10:00",
>>      "2012-03-10 14:43:00", "2012-03-11 13:37:00", "2012-03-12
>>      14:58:00",
>>      "2012-03-13 14:36:00", "2012-03-14 13:49:00", "2012-03-15
>>      14:32:00",
>>      "2012-03-16 15:01:00", "2012-03-17 13:55:00", "2012-03-18
>>      13:44:00",
>>      "2012-03-19 13:55:00", "2012-03-20 13:53:00", "2012-03-21
>>      14:07:00",
>>      "2012-03-22 14:03:00", "2012-03-23 14:30:00", "2012-03-24
>>      14:47:00",
>>      "2012-03-25 14:32:00", "2012-03-26 14:41:00", "2012-03-27
>>      13:51:00",
>>      "2012-03-28 13:32:00", "2012-03-29 13:59:00", "2012-03-30
>>      14:15:00",
>>      "2012-03-31 14:12:00", "2012-04-01 14:30:00", "2012-04-02
>>      13:43:00",
>>      "2012-04-03 13:54:00", "2012-04-04 13:45:00", "2012-04-05
>>      13:46:00",
>>      "2012-04-06 13:41:00", "2012-04-07 13:13:00", "2012-04-08
>>      12:59:00",
>>      "2012-04-09 13:53:00", "2012-04-10 14:15:00", "2012-04-11
>>      14:26:00",
>>      "2012-04-12 14:05:00", "2012-04-13 13:37:00", "2012-04-14
>>      13:52:00",
>>      "2012-04-15 15:00:00", "2012-04-16 14:42:00", "2012-04-17
>>      14:21:00",
>>      "2012-04-18 14:40:00", "2012-04-19 14:35:00", "2012-04-20
>>      15:14:00",
>>      "2012-04-21 14:46:00", "2012-04-22 14:44:00", "2012-04-23
>>      14:33:00",
>>      "2012-04-24 14:41:00", "2012-04-25 14:13:00", "2012-04-26
>>      14:19:00",
>>      "2012-04-27 14:35:00", "2012-04-28 13:48:00", "2012-04-29
>>      14:12:00",
>>      "2012-04-30 13:53:00", "2012-05-02 14:41:00", "2012-05-03
>>      15:01:00",
>>      "2012-05-04 15:21:00", "2012-05-05 14:57:00", "2012-05-06
>>      14:09:00",
>>      "2012-05-07 14:30:00", "2012-05-08 14:05:00", "2012-05-08
>>      21:21:00",
>>      "2012-05-09 15:02:00", "2012-05-10 14:27:00", "2012-05-11
>>      14:47:00",
>>      "2012-05-12 13:24:00", "2012-05-13 14:40:00", "2012-05-13
>>      19:24:00",
>>      "2012-05-14 14:33:00", "2012-05-15 14:39:00", "2012-05-16
>>      14:07:00",
>>      "2012-05-17 13:42:00", "2012-05-18 14:30:00", "2012-05-19
>>      13:59:00",
>>      "2012-05-20 14:14:00", "2012-05-21 14:15:00", "2012-05-22
>>      14:18:00",
>>      "2012-05-23 14:14:00", "2012-05-24 13:52:00"), class =
>>      "factor"),
>>          fcst = c(38.7, 38.9, 39.2, 39.8, 40.5, 41.5, 42.5, 43.1,
>>          43.9, 44.5, 44.8, 45, 45, 45.1, 45.4, 45.8, 46.4, 47, 47.5,
>>          47.9, 39.2, 40, 41.8, 42.2, 42.8, 44.4, 45.7, 46.2, 46.2,
>>          46.2, 46.5, 47, 47.5, 47.9, 48.4, 49, 49.5, 49.9, 50.2,
>>      50.4,
>>          41.3, 42.5, 42.8, 42.8, 42.8, 42.9, 43, 43.3, 43.5, 43.8),
>>          usgs = c(38.5, 38.6, 38.6, 38.6, 39.1, 39.8, 41.2, 42.9,
>>          43.4, 43.6, 43.4, 43.1, 43, 43.1, 43.5, 43.8, 44.1, 44.2,
>>          44.4, 44.5, 39.1, 39.8, 41.2, 42.9, 43.4, 43.6, 43.4, 43.1,
>>          43, 43.1, 43.5, 43.8, 44.1, 44.2, 44.4, 44.5, 44.5, 44.5,
>>          44.6, 44.2, 41.2, 42.9, 43.4, 43.6, 43.4, 43.1, 43, 43.1,
>>          43.5, 43.8)), .Names = c("date", "basistime", "fcst", "usgs"
>>      ), row.names = c(NA, 50L), class = "data.frame")
>> Sys.setenv( "Etc/GMT+8" ) # or whatever is appropriate
>> #> Error in Sys.setenv("Etc/GMT+8"): all arguments must be named
>> dta2 <- dta
>> # bad idea to work with dates as factors
>> dta2$date <- as.POSIXct( as.character( dta2$date ) )
>> dta2$basistime <- as.POSIXct( as.character( dta2$basistime ) )
>> # base R solution
>> dates <- unique( dta2$date )
>> dta2list <- split( dta2, dta2$date )
>> grplist <- lapply( dta2list
>>                  , function( DF ) {
>>                      DF[ which.max( DF$fcst ), ]
>>                    }
>>                  )
>> result2 <- do.call( rbind, grplist )
>> result2
>> #>                                    date           basistime fcst
>> usgs
>> #> 2012-01-25 18:00:00 2012-01-25 18:00:00 2012-01-25 15:02:00 38.7
>> 38.5
>> #> 2012-01-26 00:00:00 2012-01-26 00:00:00 2012-01-25 15:02:00 38.9
>> 38.6
>> #> 2012-01-26 06:00:00 2012-01-26 06:00:00 2012-01-25 15:02:00 39.2
>> 38.6
>> #> 2012-01-26 12:00:00 2012-01-26 12:00:00 2012-01-25 15:02:00 39.8
>> 38.6
>> #> 2012-01-26 18:00:00 2012-01-26 18:00:00 2012-01-25 15:02:00 40.5
>> 39.1
>> #> 2012-01-27 00:00:00 2012-01-27 00:00:00 2012-01-25 15:02:00 41.5
>> 39.8
>> #> 2012-01-27 06:00:00 2012-01-27 06:00:00 2012-01-25 15:02:00 42.5
>> 41.2
>> #> 2012-01-27 12:00:00 2012-01-27 12:00:00 2012-01-25 15:02:00 43.1
>> 42.9
>> #> 2012-01-27 18:00:00 2012-01-27 18:00:00 2012-01-25 15:02:00 43.9
>> 43.4
>> #> 2012-01-28 00:00:00 2012-01-28 00:00:00 2012-01-25 15:02:00 44.5
>> 43.6
>> #> 2012-01-28 06:00:00 2012-01-28 06:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 45.7
>> 43.4
>> #> 2012-01-28 12:00:00 2012-01-28 12:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 46.2
>> 43.1
>> #> 2012-01-28 18:00:00 2012-01-28 18:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 46.2
>> 43.0
>> #> 2012-01-29 00:00:00 2012-01-29 00:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 46.2
>> 43.1
>> #> 2012-01-29 06:00:00 2012-01-29 06:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 46.5
>> 43.5
>> #> 2012-01-29 12:00:00 2012-01-29 12:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 47.0
>> 43.8
>> #> 2012-01-29 18:00:00 2012-01-29 18:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 47.5
>> 44.1
>> #> 2012-01-30 00:00:00 2012-01-30 00:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 47.9
>> 44.2
>> #> 2012-01-30 06:00:00 2012-01-30 06:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 48.4
>> 44.4
>> #> 2012-01-30 12:00:00 2012-01-30 12:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 49.0
>> 44.5
>> #> 2012-01-30 18:00:00 2012-01-30 18:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 49.5
>> 44.5
>> #> 2012-01-31 00:00:00 2012-01-31 00:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 49.9
>> 44.5
>> #> 2012-01-31 06:00:00 2012-01-31 06:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 50.2
>> 44.6
>> #> 2012-01-31 12:00:00 2012-01-31 12:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 50.4
>> 44.2
>> # alternately, use tidyverse
>> library(dplyr)
>> #>
>> #> Attaching package: 'dplyr'
>> #> The following objects are masked from 'package:stats':
>> #>
>> #>     filter, lag
>> #> The following objects are masked from 'package:base':
>> #>
>> #>     intersect, setdiff, setequal, union
>> result3 <- (   dta2
>>            %>% group_by( date )
>>            %>% do({
>>                  DF <- .
>>                  DF[ which.max( DF$fcst ), ]
>>                })
>>            %>% ungroup
>>            %>% as.data.frame
>>            )
>> result3
>> #>                   date           basistime fcst usgs
>> #> 1  2012-01-25 18:00:00 2012-01-25 15:02:00 38.7 38.5
>> #> 2  2012-01-26 00:00:00 2012-01-25 15:02:00 38.9 38.6
>> #> 3  2012-01-26 06:00:00 2012-01-25 15:02:00 39.2 38.6
>> #> 4  2012-01-26 12:00:00 2012-01-25 15:02:00 39.8 38.6
>> #> 5  2012-01-26 18:00:00 2012-01-25 15:02:00 40.5 39.1
>> #> 6  2012-01-27 00:00:00 2012-01-25 15:02:00 41.5 39.8
>> #> 7  2012-01-27 06:00:00 2012-01-25 15:02:00 42.5 41.2
>> #> 8  2012-01-27 12:00:00 2012-01-25 15:02:00 43.1 42.9
>> #> 9  2012-01-27 18:00:00 2012-01-25 15:02:00 43.9 43.4
>> #> 10 2012-01-28 00:00:00 2012-01-25 15:02:00 44.5 43.6
>> #> 11 2012-01-28 06:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 45.7 43.4
>> #> 12 2012-01-28 12:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 46.2 43.1
>> #> 13 2012-01-28 18:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 46.2 43.0
>> #> 14 2012-01-29 00:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 46.2 43.1
>> #> 15 2012-01-29 06:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 46.5 43.5
>> #> 16 2012-01-29 12:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 47.0 43.8
>> #> 17 2012-01-29 18:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 47.5 44.1
>> #> 18 2012-01-30 00:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 47.9 44.2
>> #> 19 2012-01-30 06:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 48.4 44.4
>> #> 20 2012-01-30 12:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 49.0 44.5
>> #> 21 2012-01-30 18:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 49.5 44.5
>> #> 22 2012-01-31 00:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 49.9 44.5
>> #> 23 2012-01-31 06:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 50.2 44.6
>> #> 24 2012-01-31 12:00:00 2012-01-26 15:11:00 50.4 44.2
>> ####################################################
>> On Thu, 26 Oct 2017, Thomas Adams wrote:
>> 
>>      Hello all!
>> 
>>      I've been struggling with is for many hours today; I'm
>>      close to getting
>>      what I want, but not close enough...
>> 
>>      I have a dataframe consisting of two date-time columns
>>      followed by two
>>      numeric columns. what I need is the max value (in the
>>      first numeric column)
>>      based on the 2nd date-time column, which is essentially a
>>      factor. But, I
>>      want the result to provide both date-time values
>>      corresponding to the max
>>      value.
>> 
>>      My data:
>> 
>>      structure(list(date = structure(c(1L, 2L, 3L, 4L, 5L, 6L,
>>      7L,
>>      8L, 9L, 10L, 11L, 12L, 13L, 14L, 15L, 16L, 17L, 18L, 19L,
>>      20L,
>>      5L, 6L, 7L, 8L, 9L, 10L, 11L, 12L, 13L, 14L, 15L, 16L,
>>      17L, 18L,
>>      19L, 20L, 21L, 22L, 23L, 24L, 7L, 8L, 9L, 10L, 11L, 12L,
>>      13L,
>>      14L, 15L, 16L), .Label = c("2012-01-25 18:00:00",
>>      "2012-01-26 00:00:00",
>>      "2012-01-26 06:00:00", "2012-01-26 12:00:00", "2012-01-26
>>      18:00:00",
>>      "2012-01-27 00:00:00", "2012-01-27 06:00:00", "2012-01-27
>>      12:00:00",
>>      "2012-01-27 18:00:00", "2012-01-28 00:00:00", "2012-01-28
>>      06:00:00",
>>      "2012-01-28 12:00:00", "2012-01-28 18:00:00", "2012-01-29
>>      00:00:00",
>>      "2012-01-29 06:00:00", "2012-01-29 12:00:00", "2012-01-29
>>      18:00:00",
>>      "2012-01-30 00:00:00", "2012-01-30 06:00:00", "2012-01-30
>>      12:00:00",
>>      "2012-01-30 18:00:00", "2012-01-31 00:00:00", "2012-01-31
>>      06:00:00",
>>      "2012-01-31 12:00:00", "2012-01-31 13:00:00", "2012-01-31
>>      18:00:00",
>>      "2012-02-01 00:00:00", "2012-02-01 06:00:00", "2012-02-01
>>      12:00:00",
>>      "2012-02-01 18:00:00", "2012-02-02 00:00:00", "2012-02-02
>>      06:00:00",
>>      "2012-02-02 12:00:00", "2012-02-02 18:00:00", "2012-02-03
>>      00:00:00",
>>      "2012-02-03 06:00:00", "2012-02-03 12:00:00", "2012-02-03
>>      18:00:00",
>>      "2012-02-04 00:00:00", "2012-02-04 06:00:00", "2012-02-04
>>      12:00:00",
>>      "2012-02-04 18:00:00", "2012-02-05 00:00:00", "2012-02-05
>>      06:00:00",
>>      "2012-02-05 12:00:00", "2012-02-05 18:00:00", "2012-02-06
>>      00:00:00",
>>      "2012-02-06 06:00:00", "2012-02-06 12:00:00", "2012-02-06
>>      18:00:00",
>>      "2012-02-07 00:00:00", "2012-02-07 06:00:00", "2012-02-07
>>      12:00:00",
>>      "2012-02-07 18:00:00", "2012-02-08 00:00:00", "2012-02-08
>>      06:00:00",
>>      "2012-02-08 12:00:00", "2012-02-08 18:00:00", "2012-02-09
>>      00:00:00",
>>      "2012-02-09 06:00:00", "2012-02-09 12:00:00", "2012-02-09
>>      18:00:00",
>>      "2012-02-10 00:00:00", "2012-02-10 06:00:00", "2012-02-10
>>      12:00:00",
>>      "2012-02-10 18:00:00", "2012-02-11 00:00:00", "2012-02-11
>>      06:00:00",
>>      "2012-02-11 12:00:00", "2012-02-11 18:00:00", "2012-02-12
>>      00:00:00",
>>      "2012-02-12 06:00:00", "2012-02-12 12:00:00", "2012-02-12
>>      18:00:00",
>>      "2012-02-13 00:00:00", "2012-02-13 06:00:00", "2012-02-13
>>      12:00:00",
>>      "2012-02-13 18:00:00", "2012-02-14 00:00:00", "2012-02-14
>>      06:00:00",
>>      "2012-02-14 12:00:00", "2012-02-14 18:00:00", "2012-02-15
>>      00:00:00",
>>      "2012-02-15 06:00:00", "2012-02-15 12:00:00", "2012-02-15
>>      18:00:00",
>>      "2012-02-16 00:00:00", "2012-02-16 06:00:00", "2012-02-16
>>      12:00:00",
>>      "2012-02-16 18:00:00", "2012-02-17 00:00:00", "2012-02-17
>>      06:00:00",
>>      "2012-02-17 12:00:00", "2012-02-17 18:00:00", "2012-02-18
>>      00:00:00",
>>      "2012-02-18 06:00:00", "2012-02-18 12:00:00", "2012-02-18
>>      18:00:00",
>>      "2012-02-19 00:00:00", "2012-02-19 06:00:00", "2012-02-19
>>      12:00:00",
>>      "2012-02-19 18:00:00", "2012-02-20 00:00:00", "2012-02-20
>>      06:00:00",
>>      "2012-02-20 12:00:00", "2012-02-20 18:00:00", "2012-02-21
>>      00:00:00",
>>      "2012-02-21 06:00:00", "2012-02-21 12:00:00", "2012-02-21
>>      18:00:00",
>>      "2012-02-22 00:00:00", "2012-02-22 06:00:00", "2012-02-22
>>      12:00:00",
>>      "2012-02-22 18:00:00", "2012-02-23 00:00:00", "2012-02-23
>>      06:00:00",
>>      "2012-02-23 12:00:00", "2012-02-23 18:00:00", "2012-02-24
>>      00:00:00",
>>      "2012-02-24 06:00:00", "2012-02-24 12:00:00", "2012-02-24
>>      18:00:00",
>>      "2012-02-25 00:00:00", "2012-02-25 06:00:00", "2012-02-25
>>      12:00:00",
>>      "2012-02-25 18:00:00", "2012-02-26 00:00:00", "2012-02-26
>>      06:00:00",
>>      "2012-02-26 12:00:00", "2012-02-26 18:00:00", "2012-02-27
>>      00:00:00",
>>      "2012-02-27 06:00:00", "2012-02-27 12:00:00", "2012-02-27
>>      18:00:00",
>>      "2012-02-28 00:00:00", "2012-02-28 06:00:00", "2012-02-28
>>      12:00:00",
>>      "2012-02-28 18:00:00", "2012-02-29 00:00:00", "2012-02-29
>>      06:00:00",
>>      "2012-02-29 12:00:00", "2012-02-29 18:00:00", "2012-03-01
>>      00:00:00",
>>      "2012-03-01 06:00:00", "2012-03-01 12:00:00", "2012-03-01
>>      18:00:00",
>>      "2012-03-02 00:00:00", "2012-03-02 06:00:00", "2012-03-02
>>      12:00:00",
>>      "2012-03-02 18:00:00", "2012-03-03 00:00:00", "2012-03-03
>>      06:00:00",
>>      "2012-03-03 12:00:00", "2012-03-03 18:00:00", "2012-03-04
>>      00:00:00",
>>      "2012-03-04 06:00:00", "2012-03-04 12:00:00", "2012-03-04
>>      18:00:00",
>>      "2012-03-05 00:00:00", "2012-03-05 06:00:00", "2012-03-05
>>      12:00:00",
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>>      18:00:00",
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>>      12:00:00",
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>>      18:00:00",
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>>      18:00:00",
>>      "2012-05-04 00:00:00", "2012-05-04 06:00:00", "2012-05-04
>>      12:00:00",
>>      "2012-05-04 18:00:00", "2012-05-05 00:00:00", "2012-05-05
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>>      "2012-05-12 06:00:00", "2012-05-12 12:00:00", "2012-05-12
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>>      "2012-05-13 00:00:00", "2012-05-13 06:00:00", "2012-05-13
>>      12:00:00",
>>      "2012-05-13 18:00:00", "2012-05-14 00:00:00", "2012-05-14
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>>      "2012-05-14 12:00:00", "2012-05-14 18:00:00", "2012-05-15
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>>      "2012-05-15 06:00:00", "2012-05-15 12:00:00", "2012-05-15
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>>      "2012-05-16 00:00:00", "2012-05-16 06:00:00", "2012-05-16
>>      12:00:00",
>>      "2012-05-16 18:00:00", "2012-05-17 00:00:00", "2012-05-17
>>      06:00:00",
>>      "2012-05-17 12:00:00", "2012-05-17 18:00:00", "2012-05-18
>>      00:00:00",
>>      "2012-05-18 06:00:00", "2012-05-18 12:00:00", "2012-05-18
>>      18:00:00",
>>      "2012-05-19 00:00:00", "2012-05-19 06:00:00", "2012-05-19
>>      12:00:00",
>>      "2012-05-19 18:00:00", "2012-05-20 00:00:00", "2012-05-20
>>      06:00:00",
>>      "2012-05-20 12:00:00", "2012-05-20 18:00:00", "2012-05-21
>>      00:00:00",
>>      "2012-05-21 06:00:00", "2012-05-21 12:00:00", "2012-05-21
>>      18:00:00",
>>      "2012-05-22 00:00:00", "2012-05-22 06:00:00", "2012-05-22
>>      12:00:00",
>>      "2012-05-22 18:00:00", "2012-05-23 00:00:00", "2012-05-23
>>      06:00:00",
>>      "2012-05-23 12:00:00", "2012-05-23 18:00:00", "2012-05-24
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>>      "2012-05-25 18:00:00", "2012-05-26 00:00:00", "2012-05-26
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>>      12:00:00",
>>      "2012-05-28 18:00:00", "2012-05-29 00:00:00", "2012-05-29
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>>      "2012-05-29 12:00:00"), class = "factor"), basistime =
>>      structure(c(1L,
>>      1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L,
>>      1L, 1L,
>>      1L, 1L, 1L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L,
>>      2L, 2L,
>>      2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L,
>>      3L, 3L,
>>      3L), .Label = c("2012-01-25 15:02:00", "2012-01-26
>>      15:11:00",
>>      "2012-01-27 01:41:00", "2012-01-27 10:15:00", "2012-01-27
>>      15:15:00",
>>      "2012-01-28 14:22:00", "2012-01-29 13:33:00", "2012-01-30
>>      14:11:00",
>>      "2012-01-31 14:24:00", "2012-02-01 14:55:00", "2012-02-02
>>      14:56:00",
>>      "2012-02-03 14:40:00", "2012-02-04 15:01:00", "2012-02-05
>>      15:04:00",
>>      "2012-02-06 14:37:00", "2012-02-07 14:42:00", "2012-02-08
>>      14:44:00",
>>      "2012-02-09 14:27:00", "2012-02-10 14:33:00", "2012-02-11
>>      15:05:00",
>>      "2012-02-12 15:09:00", "2012-02-13 15:00:00", "2012-02-14
>>      15:10:00",
>>      "2012-02-15 14:46:00", "2012-02-16 14:42:00", "2012-02-17
>>      14:14:00",
>>      "2012-02-18 15:27:00", "2012-02-19 13:13:00", "2012-02-20
>>      13:56:00",
>>      "2012-02-21 14:39:00", "2012-02-22 15:33:00", "2012-02-23
>>      15:14:00",
>>      "2012-02-24 15:14:00", "2012-02-25 14:25:00", "2012-02-26
>>      14:08:00",
>>      "2012-02-27 14:55:00", "2012-02-28 14:40:00", "2012-02-29
>>      14:45:00",
>>      "2012-03-01 15:18:00", "2012-03-02 15:18:00", "2012-03-03
>>      15:43:00",
>>      "2012-03-04 15:16:00", "2012-03-05 15:17:00", "2012-03-06
>>      15:03:00",
>>      "2012-03-07 14:44:00", "2012-03-08 14:53:00", "2012-03-09
>>      15:10:00",
>>      "2012-03-10 14:43:00", "2012-03-11 13:37:00", "2012-03-12
>>      14:58:00",
>>      "2012-03-13 14:36:00", "2012-03-14 13:49:00", "2012-03-15
>>      14:32:00",
>>      "2012-03-16 15:01:00", "2012-03-17 13:55:00", "2012-03-18
>>      13:44:00",
>>      "2012-03-19 13:55:00", "2012-03-20 13:53:00", "2012-03-21
>>      14:07:00",
>>      "2012-03-22 14:03:00", "2012-03-23 14:30:00", "2012-03-24
>>      14:47:00",
>>      "2012-03-25 14:32:00", "2012-03-26 14:41:00", "2012-03-27
>>      13:51:00",
>>      "2012-03-28 13:32:00", "2012-03-29 13:59:00", "2012-03-30
>>      14:15:00",
>>      "2012-03-31 14:12:00", "2012-04-01 14:30:00", "2012-04-02
>>      13:43:00",
>>      "2012-04-03 13:54:00", "2012-04-04 13:45:00", "2012-04-05
>>      13:46:00",
>>      "2012-04-06 13:41:00", "2012-04-07 13:13:00", "2012-04-08
>>      12:59:00",
>>      "2012-04-09 13:53:00", "2012-04-10 14:15:00", "2012-04-11
>>      14:26:00",
>>      "2012-04-12 14:05:00", "2012-04-13 13:37:00", "2012-04-14
>>      13:52:00",
>>      "2012-04-15 15:00:00", "2012-04-16 14:42:00", "2012-04-17
>>      14:21:00",
>>      "2012-04-18 14:40:00", "2012-04-19 14:35:00", "2012-04-20
>>      15:14:00",
>>      "2012-04-21 14:46:00", "2012-04-22 14:44:00", "2012-04-23
>>      14:33:00",
>>      "2012-04-24 14:41:00", "2012-04-25 14:13:00", "2012-04-26
>>      14:19:00",
>>      "2012-04-27 14:35:00", "2012-04-28 13:48:00", "2012-04-29
>>      14:12:00",
>>      "2012-04-30 13:53:00", "2012-05-02 14:41:00", "2012-05-03
>>      15:01:00",
>>      "2012-05-04 15:21:00", "2012-05-05 14:57:00", "2012-05-06
>>      14:09:00",
>>      "2012-05-07 14:30:00", "2012-05-08 14:05:00", "2012-05-08
>>      21:21:00",
>>      "2012-05-09 15:02:00", "2012-05-10 14:27:00", "2012-05-11
>>      14:47:00",
>>      "2012-05-12 13:24:00", "2012-05-13 14:40:00", "2012-05-13
>>      19:24:00",
>>      "2012-05-14 14:33:00", "2012-05-15 14:39:00", "2012-05-16
>>      14:07:00",
>>      "2012-05-17 13:42:00", "2012-05-18 14:30:00", "2012-05-19
>>      13:59:00",
>>      "2012-05-20 14:14:00", "2012-05-21 14:15:00", "2012-05-22
>>      14:18:00",
>>      "2012-05-23 14:14:00", "2012-05-24 13:52:00"), class =
>>      "factor"),
>>         fcst = c(38.7, 38.9, 39.2, 39.8, 40.5, 41.5, 42.5,
>>      43.1,
>>         43.9, 44.5, 44.8, 45, 45, 45.1, 45.4, 45.8, 46.4, 47,
>>      47.5,
>>         47.9, 39.2, 40, 41.8, 42.2, 42.8, 44.4, 45.7, 46.2,
>>      46.2,
>>         46.2, 46.5, 47, 47.5, 47.9, 48.4, 49, 49.5, 49.9, 50.2,
>>      50.4,
>>         41.3, 42.5, 42.8, 42.8, 42.8, 42.9, 43, 43.3, 43.5,
>>      43.8),
>>         usgs = c(38.5, 38.6, 38.6, 38.6, 39.1, 39.8, 41.2,
>>      42.9,
>>         43.4, 43.6, 43.4, 43.1, 43, 43.1, 43.5, 43.8, 44.1,
>>      44.2,
>>         44.4, 44.5, 39.1, 39.8, 41.2, 42.9, 43.4, 43.6, 43.4,
>>      43.1,
>>         43, 43.1, 43.5, 43.8, 44.1, 44.2, 44.4, 44.5, 44.5,
>>      44.5,
>>         44.6, 44.2, 41.2, 42.9, 43.4, 43.6, 43.4, 43.1, 43,
>>      43.1,
>>         43.5, 43.8)), .Names = c("date", "basistime", "fcst",
>>      "usgs"
>>      ), row.names = c(NA, 50L), class = "data.frame")
>> 
>>      aggregate(fcst ~ basistime,data=legacy, FUN= max)
>> 
>>      A snippet...
>> 
>>                   basistime fcst
>>      1   2012-01-25 15:02:00 47.9
>>      2   2012-01-26 15:11:00 50.4
>>      3   2012-01-27 01:41:00 46.0
>>      4   2012-01-27 10:15:00 47.3
>>      5   2012-01-27 15:15:00 47.3
>>      6   2012-01-28 14:22:00 46.2
>>      7   2012-01-29 13:33:00 45.8
>>      8   2012-01-30 14:11:00 44.8
>>      9   2012-01-31 14:24:00 43.9
>>      10  2012-02-01 14:55:00 41.1
>>      11  2012-02-02 14:56:00 38.1
>>      12  2012-02-03 14:40:00 36.2
>>      13  2012-02-04 15:01:00 34.7
>>      14  2012-02-05 15:04:00 33.1
>>      15  2012-02-06 14:37:00 32.2
>> 
>>      This is what I want, except I need the other corresponding
>>      date-time column
>>      as well. I've tried this with the date-times as factors
>>      and as POSIXct
>>      values and using many of the combinations suggested in the
>>      documentation
>>      and other examples. The closest I can get returns the
>>      second date as a
>>      numeric value:
>> 
>>      aggregate(cbind(fcst,date) ~ basistime,data=legacy, FUN=
>>      max)
>> 
>>      Produces:
>> 
>>                   basistime fcst       date
>>      1   2012-01-25 15:02:00 47.9 1327942800
>>      2   2012-01-26 15:11:00 50.4 1328029200
>>      3   2012-01-27 01:41:00 46.0 1328072400
>>      4   2012-01-27 10:15:00 47.3 1328032800
>>      5   2012-01-27 15:15:00 47.3 1328115600
>>      6   2012-01-28 14:22:00 46.2 1328202000
>>      7   2012-01-29 13:33:00 45.8 1328288400
>>      8   2012-01-30 14:11:00 44.8 1328374800
>>      9   2012-01-31 14:24:00 43.9 1328461200
>>      10  2012-02-01 14:55:00 41.1 1328547600
>>      11  2012-02-02 14:56:00 38.1 1328634000
>>      12  2012-02-03 14:40:00 36.2 1328720400
>>      13  2012-02-04 15:01:00 34.7 1328806800
>>      14  2012-02-05 15:04:00 33.1 1328893200
>>      15  2012-02-06 14:37:00 32.2 1328979600
>>      16  2012-02-07 14:42:00 31.2 1329066000
>>      17  2012-02-08 14:44:00 30.4 1329152400
>>      18  2012-02-09 14:27:00 30.0 1329238800
>> 
>>      Help is greatly appreciated!
>> 
>>      Regards,
>>      Tom
>> 
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