#long to wide form

# Transform long data into wide form using pivot_wider
# Using table2 from the course materials, where observations are spread across rows
table2
## # A tibble: 12 × 4
##    country      year type            count
##    <chr>       <dbl> <chr>           <dbl>
##  1 Afghanistan  1999 cases             745
##  2 Afghanistan  1999 population   19987071
##  3 Afghanistan  2000 cases            2666
##  4 Afghanistan  2000 population   20595360
##  5 Brazil       1999 cases           37737
##  6 Brazil       1999 population  172006362
##  7 Brazil       2000 cases           80488
##  8 Brazil       2000 population  174504898
##  9 China        1999 cases          212258
## 10 China        1999 population 1272915272
## 11 China        2000 cases          213766
## 12 China        2000 population 1280428583
table2_wide <- table2 %>% 
  pivot_wider(names_from = type, values_from = count)

table2_wide
## # A tibble: 6 × 4
##   country      year  cases population
##   <chr>       <dbl>  <dbl>      <dbl>
## 1 Afghanistan  1999    745   19987071
## 2 Afghanistan  2000   2666   20595360
## 3 Brazil       1999  37737  172006362
## 4 Brazil       2000  80488  174504898
## 5 China        1999 212258 1272915272
## 6 China        2000 213766 1280428583

#wide to long form

# Transform wide data into long form using pivot_longer
# Using table4a directly from the course materials
table4a
## # A tibble: 3 × 3
##   country     `1999` `2000`
##   <chr>        <dbl>  <dbl>
## 1 Afghanistan    745   2666
## 2 Brazil       37737  80488
## 3 China       212258 213766
table4a_long <- table4a %>% 
  pivot_longer(cols = c(`1999`, `2000`), names_to = "year", values_to = "cases")

table4a_long
## # A tibble: 6 × 3
##   country     year   cases
##   <chr>       <chr>  <dbl>
## 1 Afghanistan 1999     745
## 2 Afghanistan 2000    2666
## 3 Brazil      1999   37737
## 4 Brazil      2000   80488
## 5 China       1999  212258
## 6 China       2000  213766

#Separate a column

table3
## # A tibble: 6 × 3
##   country      year rate             
##   <chr>       <dbl> <chr>            
## 1 Afghanistan  1999 745/19987071     
## 2 Afghanistan  2000 2666/20595360    
## 3 Brazil       1999 37737/172006362  
## 4 Brazil       2000 80488/174504898  
## 5 China        1999 212258/1272915272
## 6 China        2000 213766/1280428583
table3_separated <- table3 %>% 
  separate(rate, into = c("cases", "population"), sep = "/")
table3_separated
## # A tibble: 6 × 4
##   country      year cases  population
##   <chr>       <dbl> <chr>  <chr>     
## 1 Afghanistan  1999 745    19987071  
## 2 Afghanistan  2000 2666   20595360  
## 3 Brazil       1999 37737  172006362 
## 4 Brazil       2000 80488  174504898 
## 5 China        1999 212258 1272915272
## 6 China        2000 213766 1280428583

#Unite two columns

table3_united <- table3_separated %>% 
  unite(col = "rate", cases, population, sep = "/")
table3_united
## # A tibble: 6 × 3
##   country      year rate             
##   <chr>       <dbl> <chr>            
## 1 Afghanistan  1999 745/19987071     
## 2 Afghanistan  2000 2666/20595360    
## 3 Brazil       1999 37737/172006362  
## 4 Brazil       2000 80488/174504898  
## 5 China        1999 212258/1272915272
## 6 China        2000 213766/1280428583

Missing Values

stocks <- tibble(
  year   = c(2015, 2015, 2015, 2015, 2016, 2016, 2016),
  qtr    = c(   1,    2,    3,    4,    2,    3,    4),
  return = c(1.88, 0.59, 0.35,   NA, 0.92, 0.17, 2.66)
)
stocks
## # A tibble: 7 × 3
##    year   qtr return
##   <dbl> <dbl>  <dbl>
## 1  2015     1   1.88
## 2  2015     2   0.59
## 3  2015     3   0.35
## 4  2015     4  NA   
## 5  2016     2   0.92
## 6  2016     3   0.17
## 7  2016     4   2.66
stocks_wide <- stocks %>% 
  pivot_wider(names_from = year, values_from = return)
stocks_wide
## # A tibble: 4 × 3
##     qtr `2015` `2016`
##   <dbl>  <dbl>  <dbl>
## 1     1   1.88  NA   
## 2     2   0.59   0.92
## 3     3   0.35   0.17
## 4     4  NA      2.66