Import your data

data(flights)

flights %>% skimr::skim()
Data summary
Name Piped data
Number of rows 336776
Number of columns 19
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Column type frequency:
character 4
numeric 14
POSIXct 1
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Group variables None

Variable type: character

skim_variable n_missing complete_rate min max empty n_unique whitespace
carrier 0 1.00 2 2 0 16 0
tailnum 2512 0.99 5 6 0 4043 0
origin 0 1.00 3 3 0 3 0
dest 0 1.00 3 3 0 105 0

Variable type: numeric

skim_variable n_missing complete_rate mean sd p0 p25 p50 p75 p100 hist
year 0 1.00 2013.00 0.00 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 ▁▁▇▁▁
month 0 1.00 6.55 3.41 1 4 7 10 12 ▇▆▆▆▇
day 0 1.00 15.71 8.77 1 8 16 23 31 ▇▇▇▇▆
dep_time 8255 0.98 1349.11 488.28 1 907 1401 1744 2400 ▁▇▆▇▃
sched_dep_time 0 1.00 1344.25 467.34 106 906 1359 1729 2359 ▁▇▇▇▃
dep_delay 8255 0.98 12.64 40.21 -43 -5 -2 11 1301 ▇▁▁▁▁
arr_time 8713 0.97 1502.05 533.26 1 1104 1535 1940 2400 ▁▃▇▇▇
sched_arr_time 0 1.00 1536.38 497.46 1 1124 1556 1945 2359 ▁▃▇▇▇
arr_delay 9430 0.97 6.90 44.63 -86 -17 -5 14 1272 ▇▁▁▁▁
flight 0 1.00 1971.92 1632.47 1 553 1496 3465 8500 ▇▃▃▁▁
air_time 9430 0.97 150.69 93.69 20 82 129 192 695 ▇▂▂▁▁
distance 0 1.00 1039.91 733.23 17 502 872 1389 4983 ▇▃▂▁▁
hour 0 1.00 13.18 4.66 1 9 13 17 23 ▁▇▇▇▅
minute 0 1.00 26.23 19.30 0 8 29 44 59 ▇▃▆▃▅

Variable type: POSIXct

skim_variable n_missing complete_rate min max median n_unique
time_hour 0 1 2013-01-01 05:00:00 2013-12-31 23:00:00 2013-07-03 10:00:00 6936 
data <- read_excel("../01_module4/data/myData.xlsx")
data
## # A tibble: 1,104 × 31
##    town11cd  town11nm population_2011 size_flag rgn11nm coastal coastal_detailed
##    <chr>     <chr>              <dbl> <chr>     <chr>   <chr>   <chr>           
##  1 E34000007 Carlton…            5456 Small To… East M… Non-co… Smaller non-coa…
##  2 E34000016 Dorches…           19060 Small To… South … Non-co… Smaller non-coa…
##  3 E34000020 Ely BUA            19090 Small To… East o… Non-co… Smaller non-coa…
##  4 E34000026 Market …            6429 Small To… Yorksh… Non-co… Smaller non-coa…
##  5 E34000027 Downham…           10884 Small To… East o… Non-co… Smaller non-coa…
##  6 E34000039 Penrith…           15181 Small To… North … Non-co… Smaller non-coa…
##  7 E34000048 Bolsove…           11754 Small To… East M… Non-co… Smaller non-coa…
##  8 E34000055 March B…           21051 Medium T… East o… Non-co… Large non-coast…
##  9 E34000056 Southam…            6567 Small To… West M… Non-co… Smaller non-coa…
## 10 E34000067 Royston…           15781 Small To… East o… Non-co… Smaller non-coa…
## # ℹ 1,094 more rows
## # ℹ 24 more variables: ttwa11cd <chr>, ttwa11nm <chr>,
## #   ttwa_classification <chr>, job_density_flag <chr>, income_flag <chr>,
## #   university_flag <chr>, level4qual_residents35_64_2011 <chr>,
## #   ks4_2012_2013_counts <dbl>,
## #   key_stage_2_attainment_school_year_2007_to_2008 <dbl>,
## #   key_stage_4_attainment_school_year_2012_to_2013 <dbl>, …

Create Data frame functions

Example 1: count columns

code snippets

ncol_num <- flights %>%
    
    # Select a type of variables
    select(where(is.numeric)) %>%
    
    # Count columns
    ncol()

ncol_num
## [1] 14

Turn them into a function

count_ncol_numeric <- function(.data) {
    
    ncol_num <- .data %>%
        
        # Select a type of variables
        select(where(is.numeric)) %>%
        
        # Count columns
        ncol()
    
    # Return the new variable
    return(ncol_num)
}

flights %>% count_ncol_numeric()
## [1] 14
flights %>% .[1:10, -1:-13] %>% count_ncol_numeric()
## [1] 4

Adding arguments for details of operation

count_ncol_type <- function(.data, type_data = "numeric") {
    
    # if statement for type of variables
    if(type_data == "numeric") { 
    
        # body
        ncol_type <- .data %>%
            
            # Select a type of variables
            select(where(is.numeric)) %>%
            
            # Count columns
            ncol()
    } else if(type_data == "character") { 
    
        # body
            ncol_type <- .data %>%
                
                # Select a type of variables
                select(where(is.character)) %>%
                
                # Count columns
                ncol()
    }
   
            
     # Return the new variable
    return(ncol_type)
    
}

flights %>% count_ncol_type()
## [1] 14
flights %>% count_ncol_type(type_data = "character")
## [1] 4
flights %>% .[1:10, 1:5] %>% count_ncol_type(type_data = "character")
## [1] 0

Example 2: count rows

code snippets

nrow_num <- flights %>%
    
    # filter rows that meet a condition
    filter(carrier == "DL") %>%
    
    # Count rows
    nrow()

nrow_num
## [1] 48110

Turn them into a function

count_num_flights_by_carrier <- function(.data, carrier_name) {
    
    # body
    nrow_num <- .data %>%
        
        # filter rows that meet a condition
        filter(carrier == carrier_name) %>%
        
        # Count rows
        nrow()
    
    # return the new variable
    return(nrow_num)
}

flights %>% .[1:10, "carrier"] %>% count_num_flights_by_carrier(carrier_name = "AA")
## [1] 2

Example 3: count rows

Create your own.

code snippets

Use the filter() function to select rows that meet a condition. Refer to Chapter 5.2 Filter rows with filter()

count_num_towns_by_size <- function(.data, size_name) {
    
    nrow_num <- .data %>%
        filter(size_flag == size_name) %>% 
        nrow()
    
    return(nrow_num)
}     
data %>% 
    .[1:10, "size_flag"] %>% count_num_towns_by_size(size_name = "Small Towns")
## [1] 9

Turn them into a function

count_num_towns_by_size <- function(.data, size_name) {
    
    # body
    nrow_num <- .data %>%
        
        # filter rows that meet a condition
        filter(size_flag == size_name) %>%
        
        # count rows
        nrow()
    # return the new variable
    return(nrow_num)
}

data %>% 
    .[1:10, "size_flag"] %>%
    count_num_towns_by_size(size_name = "Small Towns")
## [1] 9