Tom, If all values (-100,0,-50) would be in every column then simple
apply(data,2,table) would work. Even if there aren0t all values in every column you could correct that and insert additional lines with all values for all columns like data <- cbind(data,matrix(ncol=10,nrow=3,rep(c(-100,0,-50),10))) and then do apply(data,2,table)-1 to get correct results. But someone on a list can probably make much more elegant solution. Bye, Gasper Cankar, PhD Researcher National Examinations Centre Slovenia -----Original Message----- From: Tom Cohen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 2:02 PM To: r-help@stat.math.ethz.ch Subject: [R] help with counting how many times each value occur in eachcolumn Dear list, I have the following dataset and want to know how many times each value occur in each column. >data [,1] [,2] [,3] [,4] [,5] [,6] [,7] [,8] [,9] [,10] [1,] -100 -100 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 -100 [2,] -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 [3,] -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 [4,] -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 [5,] -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -50 [6,] -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 [7,] -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 [8,] -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 [9,] -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 [10,] -100 -100 -100 -50 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 [11,] -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 [12,] -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 [13,] -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 [14,] -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 [15,] -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 [16,] -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 [17,] -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 [18,] -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 [19,] -100 -100 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 -100 [20,] -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 The result matrix should look like -100 0 -50 [1] 20 [2] 20 [3] 20 [4] 17 [5] 18 [6] 18 [7] 18 and so on [8] [9] [10] How can I do this in R ? Thanks alot for your help, Tom --------------------------------- Jämför pris på flygbiljetter och hotellrum: http://shopping.yahoo.se/c-169901-resor-biljetter.html [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ 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.