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Re: [S] Frequency counts
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steve Bousquin)
Thu Aug 12 09:06:20 1999
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Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 08:54:34 -0400
From: "Steve Bousquin" <sbousqu@sfwmd.gov>
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Thanks for the large response. Several people suggested
that this could not be done without a custom function, and a
number of people sent interesting functions. I can
summarize if anyone is interested. However,
table(matrix(data))
worked fine for this purpose.
Steve Bousquin wrote:
>
> Is there an S-Plus function that will count the number of
> unique values or text items in a column, and give the number
> of occurrances of each alongside the value
> or text ?
>
> E.g., for a column that reads:
>
> At
> B
> A
> A
> B
> A
> A
> C
>
> I want output that reads:
>
> A 3
> At 1
> B 2
> C 1
>
> Thanks!
>
> =======================================
> Steve Bousquin
>
> Kissimmee River Restoration Division
> South Florida Water Management District
> West Palm Beach, FL
>
> sbousqu@sfwmd.gov
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Steve Bousquin
Kissimmee River Restoration Division
South Florida Water Management District
West Palm Beach, FL
sbousqu@sfwmd.gov
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