Also if you want to access the individual values, you can just leave it as a list:
> x.val <- apply(x, 2, table) > # access each value > x.val$PR14["V"] V 8 On 7/25/07, Allan Kamau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A subset of the data looks as follows > > > df[1:10,14:20] > PR10 PR11 PR12 PR13 PR14 PR15 PR16 > 1 V T I K V G D > 2 V S I K V G G > 3 V T I R V G G > 4 V S I K I G G > 5 V S I K V G G > 6 V S I R V G G > 7 V T I K I G G > 8 V S I K V E G > 9 V S I K V G G > 10 V S I K V G G > > The result I would like is as follows > > PR10 PR11 PR12 ... > [V:10] [S:7,T:3] [I:10] > > The result can be in a matrix or a vector and each variablename, value and > frequency should be accessible so as to be used for comparisons with another > dataset later. > The frequency can be a count or a percentage. > > > Allan. > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Adaikalavan Ramasamy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Allan Kamau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: r-help@stat.math.ethz.ch > Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 10:21:51 PM > Subject: Re: [R] Obtaining summary of frequencies of value occurrences for a > variable in a multivariate dataset. > > The name of the table should give you the "value". And if you have a > matrix, you just need to convert it into a vector first. > > > m <- matrix( LETTERS[ c(1:3, 3:5, 2:4) ], nc=3 ) > > m > [,1] [,2] [,3] > [1,] "A" "C" "B" > [2,] "B" "D" "C" > [3,] "C" "E" "D" > > tb <- table( as.vector(m) ) > > tb > > A B C D E > 1 2 3 2 1 > > paste( names(tb), ":", tb, sep="" ) > [1] "A:1" "B:2" "C:3" "D:2" "E:1" > > If this is not what you want, then please give a simple example. > > Regards, Adai > > > > Allan Kamau wrote: > > Hi all, > > If the question below as been answered before I > > apologize for the posting. > > I would like to get the frequencies of occurrence of > > all values in a given variable in a multivariate > > dataset. In short for each variable (or field) a > > summary of values contained with in a value:frequency > > pair, there can be many such pairs for a given > > variable. I would like to do the same for several such > > variables. > > I have used table() but am unable to extract the > > individual value and frequency values. > > Please advise. > > > > Allan. > > > > ______________________________________________ > > R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch 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. > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch 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. > -- Jim Holtman Cincinnati, OH +1 513 646 9390 What is the problem you are trying to solve? ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch 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.
