Re: [R] Different way of aggregating

2010-08-19 Thread skan
Phil Spector wrote: For chron objects: aggregate(thedata$value,list(hour=hours(thedata$date)),mean) Ok, thanks, that's what I need. Now it seems so easy... Could you tell me why we write... ? aggregate(thedata$value,list(hour=hours(thedata$date)),mean) instead of just

[R] Different way of aggregating

2010-08-18 Thread skan
Hi Usually aggregate is used to calculate things such as the sum of all data on the first day, the sum next day, and so on. But how can I calculate the mean of the first hour of all days, the mean of the second hour of all days, and so on. ??? That's Most examples: today at 1am + today at

Re: [R] Different way of aggregating

2010-08-18 Thread Phil Spector
Skan - I'll answer this question: how can I calculate the mean of the first hour of all days, the mean of the second hour of all days, and so on. Since you didn't include a reproducible example, I have to make some assumptions. Since you are interested in hours, I'm guessing your dates are

Re: [R] Different way of aggregating

2010-08-18 Thread Dennis Murphy
Hi: On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 4:43 PM, skan juanp...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Usually aggregate is used to calculate things such as the sum of all data on the first day, the sum next day, and so on. But how can I calculate the mean of the first hour of all days, the mean of the second hour of