Select in dataframe for SSP
Mudry Stater
2024-11-06
Selecting subsetting and ordering
Understand the logic of R
One of the hardest things to do is to select part of a dataframe(df) via a: - logic operator - a column - a row - a factor…
They are many ways to do it and several :: to do it (i.e tidyverse) Lets take an example
load the dataset mtcars form base::
summary(mtcars)## mpg cyl disp hp
## Min. :10.40 Min. :4.000 Min. : 71.1 Min. : 52.0
## 1st Qu.:15.43 1st Qu.:4.000 1st Qu.:120.8 1st Qu.: 96.5
## Median :19.20 Median :6.000 Median :196.3 Median :123.0
## Mean :20.09 Mean :6.188 Mean :230.7 Mean :146.7
## 3rd Qu.:22.80 3rd Qu.:8.000 3rd Qu.:326.0 3rd Qu.:180.0
## Max. :33.90 Max. :8.000 Max. :472.0 Max. :335.0
## drat wt qsec vs
## Min. :2.760 Min. :1.513 Min. :14.50 Min. :0.0000
## 1st Qu.:3.080 1st Qu.:2.581 1st Qu.:16.89 1st Qu.:0.0000
## Median :3.695 Median :3.325 Median :17.71 Median :0.0000
## Mean :3.597 Mean :3.217 Mean :17.85 Mean :0.4375
## 3rd Qu.:3.920 3rd Qu.:3.610 3rd Qu.:18.90 3rd Qu.:1.0000
## Max. :4.930 Max. :5.424 Max. :22.90 Max. :1.0000
## am gear carb
## Min. :0.0000 Min. :3.000 Min. :1.000
## 1st Qu.:0.0000 1st Qu.:3.000 1st Qu.:2.000
## Median :0.0000 Median :4.000 Median :2.000
## Mean :0.4062 Mean :3.688 Mean :2.812
## 3rd Qu.:1.0000 3rd Qu.:4.000 3rd Qu.:4.000
## Max. :1.0000 Max. :5.000 Max. :8.000dim(mtcars)#32 lines hence cars 11 VARIABLES## [1] 32 11?mtcars#call for a desciption of mtcars in help pages## démarrage du serveur d'aide httpd ... finiThe problem some are and must be treated as factor: i.e cylinder albeit number4,6,8 it is a nomimal classifier variables so that carb.
for example we want to know the influence of cylinder on mile per gallons
boxplot(mtcars$mpg)#ok but dosent tell you about 3 classes cylinder
boxplot(mtcars$mpg~factor(mtcars$cyl),col=c(2,3,4))# a dot on 8 cylinder is an outlier obs on that class
##Exam question:explain why we an an outlier in boxplot 2 and not in 1? Selecting by a factor
One must think like are: Does it make sense to select a column via a 2nd column whatever the factor is? Or a numeric column for a numeric column?
Just think of WHAT YOU WANT:
Lets take a concrete example:
I want to select all data with cylinder=8
Think@R: I want to select all line of my df with cylinder column==8
Let try step by step and with error to show you the way of R act:
##wrong
mtcars$mpg[mtcars$cyl==8]###How to check it is wrong## [1] 18.7 14.3 16.4 17.3 15.2 10.4 10.4 14.7 15.5 15.2 13.3 19.2 15.8 15.0#make an object of the line
A=mtcars$mpg[mtcars$cyl==8]
#select the line of mtcars df
mtcars[A,]## mpg cyl disp hp drat wt qsec vs am gear carb
## Fiat 128 32.4 4 78.7 66 4.08 2.200 19.47 1 1 4 1
## Merc 450SLC 15.2 8 275.8 180 3.07 3.780 18.00 0 0 3 3
## Lincoln Continental 10.4 8 460.0 215 3.00 5.424 17.82 0 0 3 4
## Chrysler Imperial 14.7 8 440.0 230 3.23 5.345 17.42 0 0 3 4
## Cadillac Fleetwood 10.4 8 472.0 205 2.93 5.250 17.98 0 0 3 4
## Merc 280 19.2 6 167.6 123 3.92 3.440 18.30 1 0 4 4
## Merc 280.1 19.2 6 167.6 123 3.92 3.440 18.30 1 0 4 4
## Merc 450SLC.1 15.2 8 275.8 180 3.07 3.780 18.00 0 0 3 3
## Cadillac Fleetwood.1 10.4 8 472.0 205 2.93 5.250 17.98 0 0 3 4
## Cadillac Fleetwood.2 10.4 8 472.0 205 2.93 5.250 17.98 0 0 3 4
## Merc 450SL 17.3 8 275.8 180 3.07 3.730 17.60 0 0 3 3
## Honda Civic 30.4 4 75.7 52 4.93 1.615 18.52 1 1 4 2
## Cadillac Fleetwood.3 10.4 8 472.0 205 2.93 5.250 17.98 0 0 3 4
## Cadillac Fleetwood.4 10.4 8 472.0 205 2.93 5.250 17.98 0 0 3 4##see the mistake!!!! we have still cyl<8!!!!!THE CORRECT WAY
##corect way
#firts convert cyl as factor
mtcars$cyl=factor(mtcars$cyl)
str(mtcars$cyl)## Factor w/ 3 levels "4","6","8": 2 2 1 2 3 2 3 1 1 2 ...mtcars[mtcars$cyl==8,]##"8" or 8 is eq.and = in R is == not equal is !=## mpg cyl disp hp drat wt qsec vs am gear carb
## Hornet Sportabout 18.7 8 360.0 175 3.15 3.440 17.02 0 0 3 2
## Duster 360 14.3 8 360.0 245 3.21 3.570 15.84 0 0 3 4
## Merc 450SE 16.4 8 275.8 180 3.07 4.070 17.40 0 0 3 3
## Merc 450SL 17.3 8 275.8 180 3.07 3.730 17.60 0 0 3 3
## Merc 450SLC 15.2 8 275.8 180 3.07 3.780 18.00 0 0 3 3
## Cadillac Fleetwood 10.4 8 472.0 205 2.93 5.250 17.98 0 0 3 4
## Lincoln Continental 10.4 8 460.0 215 3.00 5.424 17.82 0 0 3 4
## Chrysler Imperial 14.7 8 440.0 230 3.23 5.345 17.42 0 0 3 4
## Dodge Challenger 15.5 8 318.0 150 2.76 3.520 16.87 0 0 3 2
## AMC Javelin 15.2 8 304.0 150 3.15 3.435 17.30 0 0 3 2
## Camaro Z28 13.3 8 350.0 245 3.73 3.840 15.41 0 0 3 4
## Pontiac Firebird 19.2 8 400.0 175 3.08 3.845 17.05 0 0 3 2
## Ford Pantera L 15.8 8 351.0 264 4.22 3.170 14.50 0 1 5 4
## Maserati Bora 15.0 8 301.0 335 3.54 3.570 14.60 0 1 5 8AA=mtcars[mtcars$cyl==8,]
boxplot(AA$mpg)
#another fonction:
AAA=subset(mtcars,mtcars$cyl=="8")
AAA## mpg cyl disp hp drat wt qsec vs am gear carb
## Hornet Sportabout 18.7 8 360.0 175 3.15 3.440 17.02 0 0 3 2
## Duster 360 14.3 8 360.0 245 3.21 3.570 15.84 0 0 3 4
## Merc 450SE 16.4 8 275.8 180 3.07 4.070 17.40 0 0 3 3
## Merc 450SL 17.3 8 275.8 180 3.07 3.730 17.60 0 0 3 3
## Merc 450SLC 15.2 8 275.8 180 3.07 3.780 18.00 0 0 3 3
## Cadillac Fleetwood 10.4 8 472.0 205 2.93 5.250 17.98 0 0 3 4
## Lincoln Continental 10.4 8 460.0 215 3.00 5.424 17.82 0 0 3 4
## Chrysler Imperial 14.7 8 440.0 230 3.23 5.345 17.42 0 0 3 4
## Dodge Challenger 15.5 8 318.0 150 2.76 3.520 16.87 0 0 3 2
## AMC Javelin 15.2 8 304.0 150 3.15 3.435 17.30 0 0 3 2
## Camaro Z28 13.3 8 350.0 245 3.73 3.840 15.41 0 0 3 4
## Pontiac Firebird 19.2 8 400.0 175 3.08 3.845 17.05 0 0 3 2
## Ford Pantera L 15.8 8 351.0 264 4.22 3.170 14.50 0 1 5 4
## Maserati Bora 15.0 8 301.0 335 3.54 3.570 14.60 0 1 5 8Sort a data frame or a subset of df
Lets take AAA a subset of mtcars with 8 cylinders car only . Try to sort from increasing mpg in that subset:
B=order(AA$mpg)##do not use sort function
##I have created a vector of order according mpg then apply to the df:
AAA[B,]#still ACCORING LINES the classification must occur on the df## mpg cyl disp hp drat wt qsec vs am gear carb
## Cadillac Fleetwood 10.4 8 472.0 205 2.93 5.250 17.98 0 0 3 4
## Lincoln Continental 10.4 8 460.0 215 3.00 5.424 17.82 0 0 3 4
## Camaro Z28 13.3 8 350.0 245 3.73 3.840 15.41 0 0 3 4
## Duster 360 14.3 8 360.0 245 3.21 3.570 15.84 0 0 3 4
## Chrysler Imperial 14.7 8 440.0 230 3.23 5.345 17.42 0 0 3 4
## Maserati Bora 15.0 8 301.0 335 3.54 3.570 14.60 0 1 5 8
## Merc 450SLC 15.2 8 275.8 180 3.07 3.780 18.00 0 0 3 3
## AMC Javelin 15.2 8 304.0 150 3.15 3.435 17.30 0 0 3 2
## Dodge Challenger 15.5 8 318.0 150 2.76 3.520 16.87 0 0 3 2
## Ford Pantera L 15.8 8 351.0 264 4.22 3.170 14.50 0 1 5 4
## Merc 450SE 16.4 8 275.8 180 3.07 4.070 17.40 0 0 3 3
## Merc 450SL 17.3 8 275.8 180 3.07 3.730 17.60 0 0 3 3
## Hornet Sportabout 18.7 8 360.0 175 3.15 3.440 17.02 0 0 3 2
## Pontiac Firebird 19.2 8 400.0 175 3.08 3.845 17.05 0 0 3 2#do not confused with columnA possible unknown chart but usefull:
mtcars8cyl=AAA[B,]
dotchart(mtcars8cyl$mpg,pch=20,col=2,cex=1.3,xlab="increasing mpg ",main="8 cylinder cars,data::mtcars")
Selecting by logical condition:
- Make a subset of mtcars with 8 cyl and mpg >=12
- Make a subset df of all cars but 8 cylinder
subset(mtcars,mtcars$mpg>=12 & mtcars$cyl==8)##Q1## mpg cyl disp hp drat wt qsec vs am gear carb
## Hornet Sportabout 18.7 8 360.0 175 3.15 3.440 17.02 0 0 3 2
## Duster 360 14.3 8 360.0 245 3.21 3.570 15.84 0 0 3 4
## Merc 450SE 16.4 8 275.8 180 3.07 4.070 17.40 0 0 3 3
## Merc 450SL 17.3 8 275.8 180 3.07 3.730 17.60 0 0 3 3
## Merc 450SLC 15.2 8 275.8 180 3.07 3.780 18.00 0 0 3 3
## Chrysler Imperial 14.7 8 440.0 230 3.23 5.345 17.42 0 0 3 4
## Dodge Challenger 15.5 8 318.0 150 2.76 3.520 16.87 0 0 3 2
## AMC Javelin 15.2 8 304.0 150 3.15 3.435 17.30 0 0 3 2
## Camaro Z28 13.3 8 350.0 245 3.73 3.840 15.41 0 0 3 4
## Pontiac Firebird 19.2 8 400.0 175 3.08 3.845 17.05 0 0 3 2
## Ford Pantera L 15.8 8 351.0 264 4.22 3.170 14.50 0 1 5 4
## Maserati Bora 15.0 8 301.0 335 3.54 3.570 14.60 0 1 5 8mtcars[mtcars$cyl!=8,]##Q2## mpg cyl disp hp drat wt qsec vs am gear carb
## Mazda RX4 21.0 6 160.0 110 3.90 2.620 16.46 0 1 4 4
## Mazda RX4 Wag 21.0 6 160.0 110 3.90 2.875 17.02 0 1 4 4
## Datsun 710 22.8 4 108.0 93 3.85 2.320 18.61 1 1 4 1
## Hornet 4 Drive 21.4 6 258.0 110 3.08 3.215 19.44 1 0 3 1
## Valiant 18.1 6 225.0 105 2.76 3.460 20.22 1 0 3 1
## Merc 240D 24.4 4 146.7 62 3.69 3.190 20.00 1 0 4 2
## Merc 230 22.8 4 140.8 95 3.92 3.150 22.90 1 0 4 2
## Merc 280 19.2 6 167.6 123 3.92 3.440 18.30 1 0 4 4
## Merc 280C 17.8 6 167.6 123 3.92 3.440 18.90 1 0 4 4
## Fiat 128 32.4 4 78.7 66 4.08 2.200 19.47 1 1 4 1
## Honda Civic 30.4 4 75.7 52 4.93 1.615 18.52 1 1 4 2
## Toyota Corolla 33.9 4 71.1 65 4.22 1.835 19.90 1 1 4 1
## Toyota Corona 21.5 4 120.1 97 3.70 2.465 20.01 1 0 3 1
## Fiat X1-9 27.3 4 79.0 66 4.08 1.935 18.90 1 1 4 1
## Porsche 914-2 26.0 4 120.3 91 4.43 2.140 16.70 0 1 5 2
## Lotus Europa 30.4 4 95.1 113 3.77 1.513 16.90 1 1 5 2
## Ferrari Dino 19.7 6 145.0 175 3.62 2.770 15.50 0 1 5 6
## Volvo 142E 21.4 4 121.0 109 4.11 2.780 18.60 1 1 4 2Hope it will helps.
So many ways to select in R remember that but think R first.
Remember when things work it is a real FUN
ABBREVIATIONS
- :: packages or library
- df Dataframe