Module 13: Apply it to your data 12
Chapter 21 Iteration
Vincent Fosser
Import your data
data("mtcars")
mydata <- read_csv('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rfordatascience/tidytuesday/main/data/2025/2025-07-01/weekly_gas_prices.csv')## Rows: 22360 Columns: 5
## ── Column specification ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
## Delimiter: ","
## chr (3): fuel, grade, formulation
## dbl (1): price
## date (1): date
##
## ℹ Use `spec()` to retrieve the full column specification for this data.
## ℹ Specify the column types or set `show_col_types = FALSE` to quiet this message.mydata## # A tibble: 22,360 × 5
## date fuel grade formulation price
## <date> <chr> <chr> <chr> <dbl>
## 1 1990-08-20 gasoline regular all 1.19
## 2 1990-08-20 gasoline regular conventional 1.19
## 3 1990-08-27 gasoline regular all 1.25
## 4 1990-08-27 gasoline regular conventional 1.25
## 5 1990-09-03 gasoline regular all 1.24
## 6 1990-09-03 gasoline regular conventional 1.24
## 7 1990-09-10 gasoline regular all 1.25
## 8 1990-09-10 gasoline regular conventional 1.25
## 9 1990-09-17 gasoline regular all 1.27
## 10 1990-09-17 gasoline regular conventional 1.27
## # ℹ 22,350 more rowsRepeat the same operation over different columns of a data frame
Case of numeric variables
mtcars %>% map_dbl(.x = ., .f = ~mean(x = .x))## mpg cyl disp hp drat wt qsec
## 20.090625 6.187500 230.721875 146.687500 3.596563 3.217250 17.848750
## vs am gear carb
## 0.437500 0.406250 3.687500 2.812500mtcars %>% map_dbl(.f = ~mean(x = .x))## mpg cyl disp hp drat wt qsec
## 20.090625 6.187500 230.721875 146.687500 3.596563 3.217250 17.848750
## vs am gear carb
## 0.437500 0.406250 3.687500 2.812500mtcars %>% map_dbl(.f = mean)## mpg cyl disp hp drat wt qsec
## 20.090625 6.187500 230.721875 146.687500 3.596563 3.217250 17.848750
## vs am gear carb
## 0.437500 0.406250 3.687500 2.812500mtcars %>% map_dbl(mean)## mpg cyl disp hp drat wt qsec
## 20.090625 6.187500 230.721875 146.687500 3.596563 3.217250 17.848750
## vs am gear carb
## 0.437500 0.406250 3.687500 2.812500# Adding an argument
mtcars %>% map_dbl(.x = ., .f = ~mean(x = .x, trim = 0.1))## mpg cyl disp hp drat wt
## 19.6961538 6.2307692 222.5230769 141.1923077 3.5792308 3.1526923
## qsec vs am gear carb
## 17.8276923 0.4230769 0.3846154 3.6153846 2.6538462mtcars %>% map_dbl(mean, trim = 0.1)## mpg cyl disp hp drat wt
## 19.6961538 6.2307692 222.5230769 141.1923077 3.5792308 3.1526923
## qsec vs am gear carb
## 17.8276923 0.4230769 0.3846154 3.6153846 2.6538462mtcars %>% select(.data = ., mpg)## mpg
## Mazda RX4 21.0
## Mazda RX4 Wag 21.0
## Datsun 710 22.8
## Hornet 4 Drive 21.4
## Hornet Sportabout 18.7
## Valiant 18.1
## Duster 360 14.3
## Merc 240D 24.4
## Merc 230 22.8
## Merc 280 19.2
## Merc 280C 17.8
## Merc 450SE 16.4
## Merc 450SL 17.3
## Merc 450SLC 15.2
## Cadillac Fleetwood 10.4
## Lincoln Continental 10.4
## Chrysler Imperial 14.7
## Fiat 128 32.4
## Honda Civic 30.4
## Toyota Corolla 33.9
## Toyota Corona 21.5
## Dodge Challenger 15.5
## AMC Javelin 15.2
## Camaro Z28 13.3
## Pontiac Firebird 19.2
## Fiat X1-9 27.3
## Porsche 914-2 26.0
## Lotus Europa 30.4
## Ford Pantera L 15.8
## Ferrari Dino 19.7
## Maserati Bora 15.0
## Volvo 142E 21.4mtcars %>% select(mpg)## mpg
## Mazda RX4 21.0
## Mazda RX4 Wag 21.0
## Datsun 710 22.8
## Hornet 4 Drive 21.4
## Hornet Sportabout 18.7
## Valiant 18.1
## Duster 360 14.3
## Merc 240D 24.4
## Merc 230 22.8
## Merc 280 19.2
## Merc 280C 17.8
## Merc 450SE 16.4
## Merc 450SL 17.3
## Merc 450SLC 15.2
## Cadillac Fleetwood 10.4
## Lincoln Continental 10.4
## Chrysler Imperial 14.7
## Fiat 128 32.4
## Honda Civic 30.4
## Toyota Corolla 33.9
## Toyota Corona 21.5
## Dodge Challenger 15.5
## AMC Javelin 15.2
## Camaro Z28 13.3
## Pontiac Firebird 19.2
## Fiat X1-9 27.3
## Porsche 914-2 26.0
## Lotus Europa 30.4
## Ford Pantera L 15.8
## Ferrari Dino 19.7
## Maserati Bora 15.0
## Volvo 142E 21.4Create your own function
# Summarize the means
my_means <- function(data) {
data %>%
select(where(is.numeric)) %>%
map_dbl(mean)
}
my_means(mtcars)## mpg cyl disp hp drat wt qsec
## 20.090625 6.187500 230.721875 146.687500 3.596563 3.217250 17.848750
## vs am gear carb
## 0.437500 0.406250 3.687500 2.812500Repeat the same operation over different elements of a list
When you have a grouping variable (factor)
mtcars %>% lm(formula = mpg ~ wt, data = .)##
## Call:
## lm(formula = mpg ~ wt, data = .)
##
## Coefficients:
## (Intercept) wt
## 37.285 -5.344mtcars %>% distinct(cyl)## cyl
## Mazda RX4 6
## Datsun 710 4
## Hornet Sportabout 8reg_coeff_tbl <- mtcars %>%
# Split it into a list of data frames
split(.$cyl) %>%
# Repeat regression over each group
map(~lm(formula = mpg ~ wt, data = .x)) %>%
# Extract coefficients from regression results
map(broom::tidy, conf.int = TRUE) %>%
# Convert to tibble
bind_rows(.id = "cyl") %>%
# Filter or wt coefficients
filter(term == "wt")
reg_coeff_tbl %>%
mutate(estimate = -estimate,
conf.low = -conf.low,
conf.high = -conf.high) %>%
ggplot(aes(x = estimate, y = cyl)) +
geom_point() +
geom_errorbar(aes(xmin = conf.low, xmax = conf.high))
Create your own
Choose either one of the two cases above and apply it to your data
# summarize numeric columns in mydata
gas_means <- function(data) {
data %>%
select(where(is.numeric)) %>%
map_dbl(mean, na.rm = TRUE)
}
gas_means(mydata)## price
## 2.582047