Import your data

data("mtcars")
mtcars <- as_tibble(mtcars)

Repeat 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   2.812500
mtcars %>% 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   2.812500
mtcars %>% 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   2.6538462
mtcars %>% 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   2.6538462
mtcars %>% select(.data = .,mpg)
## # A tibble: 32 × 1
##      mpg
##    <dbl>
##  1  21  
##  2  21  
##  3  22.8
##  4  21.4
##  5  18.7
##  6  18.1
##  7  14.3
##  8  24.4
##  9  22.8
## 10  19.2
## # ℹ 22 more rows
mtcars %>% select(mpg)
## # A tibble: 32 × 1
##      mpg
##    <dbl>
##  1  21  
##  2  21  
##  3  22.8
##  4  21.4
##  5  18.7
##  6  18.1
##  7  14.3
##  8  24.4
##  9  22.8
## 10  19.2
## # ℹ 22 more rows

Create your own function

# Double values in columns
double_by_factor <- function(x, factor) {x * factor}
10 %>% double_by_factor(factor = 2)
## [1] 20
mtcars %>% map_dfr(.x = ., .f = ~double_by_factor(x = .x,factor = 10))
## # A tibble: 32 × 11
##      mpg   cyl  disp    hp  drat    wt  qsec    vs    am  gear  carb
##    <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl>
##  1   210    60  1600  1100  39    26.2  165.     0    10    40    40
##  2   210    60  1600  1100  39    28.8  170.     0    10    40    40
##  3   228    40  1080   930  38.5  23.2  186.    10    10    40    10
##  4   214    60  2580  1100  30.8  32.2  194.    10     0    30    10
##  5   187    80  3600  1750  31.5  34.4  170.     0     0    30    20
##  6   181    60  2250  1050  27.6  34.6  202.    10     0    30    10
##  7   143    80  3600  2450  32.1  35.7  158.     0     0    30    40
##  8   244    40  1467   620  36.9  31.9  200     10     0    40    20
##  9   228    40  1408   950  39.2  31.5  229     10     0    40    20
## 10   192    60  1676  1230  39.2  34.4  183     10     0    40    40
## # ℹ 22 more rows
mtcars %>% map_dfr(double_by_factor, factor = 10)
## # A tibble: 32 × 11
##      mpg   cyl  disp    hp  drat    wt  qsec    vs    am  gear  carb
##    <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl>
##  1   210    60  1600  1100  39    26.2  165.     0    10    40    40
##  2   210    60  1600  1100  39    28.8  170.     0    10    40    40
##  3   228    40  1080   930  38.5  23.2  186.    10    10    40    10
##  4   214    60  2580  1100  30.8  32.2  194.    10     0    30    10
##  5   187    80  3600  1750  31.5  34.4  170.     0     0    30    20
##  6   181    60  2250  1050  27.6  34.6  202.    10     0    30    10
##  7   143    80  3600  2450  32.1  35.7  158.     0     0    30    40
##  8   244    40  1467   620  36.9  31.9  200     10     0    40    20
##  9   228    40  1408   950  39.2  31.5  229     10     0    40    20
## 10   192    60  1676  1230  39.2  34.4  183     10     0    40    40
## # ℹ 22 more rows

Repeat 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       -5.344
mtcars %>% distinct(cyl)
## # A tibble: 3 × 1
##     cyl
##   <dbl>
## 1     6
## 2     4
## 3     8
reg_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 for 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

# Import data
palm <- read_excel("../00_data/palmtrees.xlsx")
## Warning: Coercing text to numeric in V1449 / R1449C22: '0.56675675700000006'
palm_numeric <- palm %>% select(where(is.numeric)) %>%
    drop_na()
palm_numeric %>% map_dbl(mean)
##       max_stem_height_m         max_stem_dia_cm         max_leaf_number 
##              11.5378378              17.8921922              15.0030030 
##    max__blade__length_m   max__rachis__length_m   max__petiole_length_m 
##               3.1230180               2.4252853               0.8855255 
## average_fruit_length_cm     min_fruit_length_cm     max_fruit_length_cm 
##               2.6228303               2.0991291               3.1308709 
##  average_fruit_width_cm      min_fruit_width_cm      max_fruit_width_cm 
##               1.8314107               1.4670571               2.1560661
# Adding an argument
palm_numeric %>% map_dbl(mean, trim = 0.1)
##       max_stem_height_m         max_stem_dia_cm         max_leaf_number 
##               10.396629               15.575281               13.479401 
##    max__blade__length_m   max__rachis__length_m   max__petiole_length_m 
##                2.618539                2.045393                0.730824 
## average_fruit_length_cm     min_fruit_length_cm     max_fruit_length_cm 
##                2.119260                1.721610                2.502247 
##  average_fruit_width_cm      min_fruit_width_cm      max_fruit_width_cm 
##                1.508881                1.213521                1.757865
double_by_factor <- function(x, factor) {x * factor}
10 %>% double_by_factor(factor = 2)
## [1] 20
palm_numeric %>% map_dfr(double_by_factor, factor = 10)
## # A tibble: 333 × 12
##    max_stem_height_m max_stem_dia_cm max_leaf_number max__blade__length_m
##                <dbl>           <dbl>           <dbl>                <dbl>
##  1                90              90              70                 23.5
##  2               180             500              90                 42  
##  3               300             300             120                 45  
##  4               220             300             110                 50  
##  5               200             300             120                 40  
##  6               250             450             150                 60  
##  7               200             260             120                 31.5
##  8               250             300             100                 31.5
##  9                60              40             120                 12.6
## 10               200             300             180                 40  
## # ℹ 323 more rows
## # ℹ 8 more variables: max__rachis__length_m <dbl>, max__petiole_length_m <dbl>,
## #   average_fruit_length_cm <dbl>, min_fruit_length_cm <dbl>,
## #   max_fruit_length_cm <dbl>, average_fruit_width_cm <dbl>,
## #   min_fruit_width_cm <dbl>, max_fruit_width_cm <dbl>
fruit_mean <- function(palm) {
  palm %>%
    select(max_leaf_number) %>%
    map_dbl(mean, na.rm = TRUE)
}

fruit_mean(palm)
## max_leaf_number 
##        14.36524