##Chapter 19 ### Intro ### When should you write a function?
#for reproducible work
set.seed(1234)
#create a dataframe
df <- tibble::tibble(
a = rnorm(10),
b = rnorm(10),
c = rnorm(10),
d = rnorm(10))
#rescale each column
df$a <- (df$a - min(df$a, na.rm = TRUE)) /
(max(df$a, na.rm = TRUE) - min(df$a, na.rm = TRUE))
df$b <- (df$b - min(df$b, na.rm = TRUE)) /
(max(df$b, na.rm = TRUE) - min(df$a, na.rm = TRUE))
df$c <- (df$c - min(df$c, na.rm = TRUE)) /
(max(df$c, na.rm = TRUE) - min(df$c, na.rm = TRUE))
df$d <- (df$d - min(df$d, na.rm = TRUE)) /
(max(df$d, na.rm = TRUE) - min(df$d, na.rm = TRUE))
df
## # A tibble: 10 × 4
## a b c d
## <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl>
## 1 0.332 0.216 0.782 1
## 2 0.765 0 0.473 0.519
## 3 1 0.0919 0.498 0.448
## 4 0 0.440 0.943 0.511
## 5 0.809 0.810 0.373 0.168
## 6 0.831 0.368 0 0.308
## 7 0.516 0.202 1 0
## 8 0.524 0.0361 0.210 0.256
## 9 0.519 0.0667 0.708 0.575
## 10 0.424 1.41 0.253 0.522
rescale <- function(x) {
#body
x <- (x - min(x, na.rm = TRUE)) /
(max(x, na.rm = TRUE) - min(x, na.rm = TRUE))
#return values
return(x)
}
df$a <- rescale(df$a)
df$b <- rescale(df$b)
df$c <- rescale(df$c)
df$d <- rescale(df$d)
#conditional execution
detect_sign <- function(x) {
if(x>0) {
message("Value is positive")
print(x)
} else if(x ==0) {
warning("Value is not positive, but it can be accepted")
print(x)
} else {
stop("Value is negative, the function must stop")
print(x)
}
}
#3 %>% detect_sign()
#0 %>% detect_sign()
#-1 %>% detect_sign()
###function arguments
?mean
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x <- c(1:10, 100, NA)
x
## [1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 100 NA
x %>% mean()
## [1] NA
x %>% mean(na.rm = TRUE)
## [1] 14.09091
x %>% mean(na.rm = TRUE, trim =0.1)
## [1] 6
mean_remove_na <- function(x, na.rm =TRUE, ...) {
avg <- mean(x, na.rm =na.rm, ...)
return(avg)
}
x %>% mean_remove_na()
## [1] 14.09091
x %>% mean_remove_na(na.rm = FALSE)
## [1] NA
x %>% mean_remove_na(trim =0.1)
## [1] 6
two types of functions
vector inputs data frame inputs