Hi Elie, Thanks for your time and efforts. I plugged in the calculation I wanted to do in the code you provided and got I wanted perfectly. Below is the solution to my original problem.
# dataset dem<- structure(list(id = c("L1", "L2", "L3", "M1", "M2", "M3"), TEST_SET_NAME = c("A", "A", "A", "B", "B", "B"), YLD_BE_REG1 = c(1467L, 1455L, 1382L, 1463L, 1466L, 1455L), YLD_BE_REG2 = c(1501L, 1441L, 1421L, 1482L, 1457L, 1490L), IS_GG = c("NO", "NO", "YES", "NO", "NO", "YES" )), .Names = c("id", "TEST_SET_NAME", "YLD_BE_REG1", "YLD_BE_REG2", "IS_GG"), class = "data.frame", row.names = c(NA, -6L)) # function calc_gg calc_gg<- function (dataset, col, col_name) { mutate_call = lazyeval::interp(~round(((a - mean(a[IS_GG == "YES"], na.rm = TRUE))/mean(a[IS_GG == "YES"], na.rm = TRUE)) * 100, 1), a = as.name(col)) dataset %>% group_by(TEST_SET_NAME) %>% mutate_(.dots = setNames(list(mutate_call), col_name)) %>% ungroup() } # function f f<- function (dat, blup_datacut) { col_name_gg <- paste("GG", blup_datacut, sep = "_") col_mean_gg <- paste("YLD_BE", blup_datacut, sep = "_") dat2 <- calc_gg(dataset = dat, col = col_mean_gg, col_name = col_name_gg) dat2 } # function demo_fn demo_fn<- function (dat, f, blup_datacut) { for (i in blup_datacut) { dat <- f(dat, i) } dat } # get expected results by applying functions demo_fn(dem, f, c("REG1", "REG2")) Best Regards, Nilesh From: Elie Canonici Merle [mailto:elie.canonicime...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, July 21, 2017 3:44 AM To: DIGHE, NILESH [AG/2362] <nilesh.di...@monsanto.com> Cc: r-help@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] dynamically create columns using a function Hi, I don't know about the lazyeval package or what you are trying to do but to answer the main question "How to create columns dynamically using a function?" I would do something like that: # dataset dem <- structure(list(id = c("L1", "L2", "L3", "M1", "M2", "M3"), TEST_SET_NAME = c("A", "A", "A", "B", "B", "B"), YLD_BE_REG1 = c(1467L, 1455L, 1382L, 1463L, 1466L, 1455L), YLD_BE_REG2 = c(1501L, 1441L, 1421L, 1482L, 1457L, 1490L), IS_GG = c("NO", "NO", "YES", "NO", "NO", "YES" )), .Names = c("id", "TEST_SET_NAME", "YLD_BE_REG1", "YLD_BE_REG2", "IS_GG"), class = "data.frame", row.names = c(NA, -6L)) demo_fn<- function (data, f, names) { for (i in names) { data <- f(data, i) } data } f <- function(data, name) { col_work <- paste("YLD_BE", name, sep = "_") col_name_result <- paste("GG", name, sep = "_") #do something interesting, here I am simply copying the column data[col_name_result] <- data[col_work] data } demo_fn(dem, f, c("REG1", "REG2")) If you are working with large datasets it might not be the best solution as my understanding is that this method involves a lot of copying. Hope it helps, Elie Canonici Merle 2017-07-20 17:55 GMT+02:00 DIGHE, NILESH [AG/2362] <nilesh.di...@monsanto.com<mailto:nilesh.di...@monsanto.com>>: Hi, I am writing a function to dynamically create column names and fill those columns with some basic calculations. My function "demo_fn" takes argument "blup_datacut" and I like to use the contents of those arguments to dynamically create new columns in my dataset. Please note that I have another function called "calc_gg" within the function "demo_fn". Both functions are pasted below. I have a for loop within my function and it appears to only create new column for the last value in the argument "blup_datacut" which makes me think that I am not storing the values coming out of for_loop correctly. I have "expected_results", dataset, & functions pasted below to reproduce my problem and expected results. Any help will be greatly appreciate. # dataset dem<- structure(list(id = c("L1", "L2", "L3", "M1", "M2", "M3"), TEST_SET_NAME = c("A", "A", "A", "B", "B", "B"), YLD_BE_REG1 = c(1467L, 1455L, 1382L, 1463L, 1466L, 1455L), YLD_BE_REG2 = c(1501L, 1441L, 1421L, 1482L, 1457L, 1490L), IS_GG = c("NO", "NO", "YES", "NO", "NO", "YES" )), .Names = c("id", "TEST_SET_NAME", "YLD_BE_REG1", "YLD_BE_REG2", "IS_GG"), class = "data.frame", row.names = c(NA, -6L)) # function demo_fn demo_fn<- function (dat, blup_datacut = c("REG1", "REG2")) { for (i in seq_along(blup_datacut)) { col_name_gg <- paste("GG", blup_datacut[i], sep = "_") col_mean_gg <- paste("YLD_BE", blup_datacut[i], sep = "_") dat2 <- calc_gg(dataset = dat, col = col_mean_gg, col_name = col_name_gg) } dat2 } # function calc_gg Calc_gg<- function (dataset, col, col_name) { mutate_call = lazyeval::interp(~round(((a - mean(a[IS_GG == "YES"], na.rm = TRUE))/mean(a[IS_GG == "YES"], na.rm = TRUE)) * 100, 1), a = as.name<http://as.name>(col)) dataset %>% group_by(TEST_SET_NAME) %>% mutate_(.dots = setNames(list(mutate_call), col_name)) %>% ungroup() } # run function results_demo<- demo_fn(dat = dem) # expected results structure(list(id = c("L1", "L2", "L3", "M1", "M2", "M3"), TEST_SET_NAME = c("A", "A", "A", "B", "B", "B"), YLD_BE_REG1 = c(1467L, 1455L, 1382L, 1463L, 1466L, 1455L), YLD_BE_REG2 = c(1501L, 1441L, 1421L, 1482L, 1457L, 1490L), IS_GG = c("NO", "NO", "YES", "NO", "NO", "YES" ), GG_REG1 = c(6.2, 5.3, 0, 0.5, 0.8, 0), GG_REG2 = c(5.6, 1.4, 0, -0.5, -2.2, 0)), .Names = c("id", "TEST_SET_NAME", "YLD_BE_REG1", "YLD_BE_REG2", "IS_GG", "GG_REG1", "GG_REG2"), row.names = c(NA, -6L), class = "data.frame") Thanks. 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