Assign value to group based on condition in column
I have a data frame that looks like the following:
> df = data.frame(group = c(1,1,1,2,2,2,3,3,3),
date = c(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9),
value = c(3,4,3,4,5,6,6,4,9))
> df
group date value
1 1 1 3
2 1 2 4
3 1 3 3
4 2 4 4
5 2 5 5
6 2 6 6
7 3 7 6
8 3 8 4
9 3 9 9
I want to create a new column that contains the date value per group that is associated with the value "4" from the value column.
The following data frame shows what I hope to accomplish.
group date value newValue
1 1 1 3 2
2 1 2 4 2
3 1 3 3 2
4 2 4 4 4
5 2 5 5 4
6 2 6 6 4
7 3 7 6 8
8 3 8 4 8
9 3 9 9 8
As we can see, group 1 has the newValue
"2" because that is the date associated with the value "4". Similarly, group two has newValue
4 and group three has newValue
8.
I assume there is an easy way to do this using ave()
or a range of dplyr
/data.table
functions, but I have been unsuccessful with my many attempts.
Solution 1:
Here's a quick data.table
one
library(data.table)
setDT(df)[, newValue := date[value == 4L], by = group]
df
# group date value newValue
# 1: 1 1 3 2
# 2: 1 2 4 2
# 3: 1 3 3 2
# 4: 2 4 4 4
# 5: 2 5 5 4
# 6: 2 6 6 4
# 7: 3 7 6 8
# 8: 3 8 4 8
# 9: 3 9 9 8
Here's a similar dplyr
version
library(dplyr)
df %>%
group_by(group) %>%
mutate(newValue = date[value == 4L])
Or a possible base R solution using merge
after filtering the data (will need some renaming afterwards)
merge(df, df[df$value == 4, c("group", "date")], by = "group")
Solution 2:
Here is a base R option
df$newValue = rep(df$date[which(df$value == 4)], table(df$group))
Another alternative using lapply
do.call(rbind, lapply(split(df, df$group),
function(x){x$newValue = rep(x$date[which(x$value == 4)],
each = length(x$group)); x}))
# group date value newValue
#1.1 1 1 3 2
#1.2 1 2 4 2
#1.3 1 3 3 2
#2.4 2 4 4 4
#2.5 2 5 5 4
#2.6 2 6 6 4
#3.7 3 7 6 8
#3.8 3 8 4 8
#3.9 3 9 9 8
Solution 3:
One more base R
path:
df$newValue <- ave(`names<-`(df$value==4,df$date), df$group, FUN=function(x) as.numeric(names(x)[x]))
df
group date value newValue
1 1 1 3 2
2 1 2 4 2
3 1 3 3 2
4 2 4 4 4
5 2 5 5 4
6 2 6 6 4
7 3 7 6 8
8 3 8 4 8
9 3 9 9 8
10 3 11 7 8
I used a test on variable length groups. I assigned the date
column as the names for the logical index of value
equal to 4. Then identify the value by group.
Data
df = data.frame(group = c(1,1,1,2,2,2,3,3,3,3),
date = c(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,11),
value = c(3,4,3,4,5,6,6,4,9,7))