P <- paste("P",1:6,sep="")
t(apply(yourdataframe,1,function(x)P[order(x)]))## result is a mtrix, though. -- Bert On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 2:07 PM, David Studer <stude...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello everybody, > > I have the following problem and have no idea how to solve it: > > In my dataframe I have six columns representing six societal problems (p1, > p2, ..., p6). > The values are ranks between 1 (worst problem) and 6 (best problem) > > > p1 p2 p3 p4 p5 p6 > 1 3 2 5 4 6 > 2 3 1 6 4 5 > 1 2 3 4 6 5 > > but I'd like the dataframe the other way round: > 1 2 3 4 5 6 > p1 p3 p2 p4 p4 p6 > p3 p1 p2 p5 p6 p4 > p1 p2 p3 p4 p6 p5 > > Can anyone help? > > Thanks! > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. -- Bert Gunter Genentech Nonclinical Biostatistics Internal Contact Info: Phone: 467-7374 Website: http://pharmadevelopment.roche.com/index/pdb/pdb-functional-groups/pdb-biostatistics/pdb-ncb-home.htm ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
