我有一个程序以这种格式提供数据
toy
file_path Condition Trial.Num A B C ID A B C ID A B C ID
1 root/some.extension Baseline 1 2 3 5 car 2 1 7 bike 4 9 0 plane
2 root/thing.extension Baseline 2 3 6 45 car 5 4 4 bike 9 5 4 plane
3 root/else.extension Baseline 3 4 4 6 car 7 5 4 bike 68 7 56 plane
4 root/uniquely.extension Treatment 1 5 3 7 car 1 7 37 bike 9 8 7 plane
5 root/defined.extension Treatment 2 6 7 3 car 4 6 8 bike 9 0 8 plane
我的目标是将格式整理成至少可以通过重塑具有唯一列名来更容易整理的内容
tidy_toy
file_path Condition Trial.Num A B C ID
1 root/some.extension Baseline 1 2 3 5 car
2 root/thing.extension Baseline 2 3 6 45 car
3 root/else.extension Baseline 3 4 4 6 car
4 root/uniquely.extension Treatment 1 5 3 7 car
5 root/defined.extension Treatment 2 6 7 3 car
6 root/some.extension Baseline 1 2 1 7 bike
7 root/thing.extension Baseline 2 5 4 4 bike
8 root/else.extension Baseline 3 7 5 4 bike
9 root/uniquely.extension Treatment 1 1 7 37 bike
10 root/defined.extension Treatment 2 4 6 8 bike
11 root/some.extension Baseline 1 4 9 0 plane
12 root/thing.extension Baseline 2 9 5 4 plane
13 root/else.extension Baseline 3 68 7 56 plane
14 root/uniquely.extension Treatment 1 9 8 7 plane
15 root/defined.extension Treatment 2 9 0 8 plane
如果我尝试melt来自toy它不起作用，因为只有第一个ID列会被用于id.vars（因此所有内容都会被标记为汽车）。相同的变量将被删除。
这是两个表的输入
structure(list(file_path = structure(c(3L, 4L, 2L, 5L, 1L), .Label = c("root/defined.extension",
"root/else.extension", "root/some.extension", "root/thing.extension",
"root/uniquely.extension"), class = "factor"), Condition = structure(c(1L,
1L, 1L, 2L, 2L), .Label = c("Baseline", "Treatment"), class = "factor"),
Trial.Num = c(1L, 2L, 3L, 1L, 2L), A = 2:6, B = c(3L, 6L,
4L, 3L, 7L), C = c(5L, 45L, 6L, 7L, 3L), ID = structure(c(1L,
1L, 1L, 1L, 1L), .Label = "car", class = "factor"), A = c(2L,
5L, 7L, 1L, 4L), B = c(1L, 4L, 5L, 7L, 6L), C = c(7L, 4L,
4L, 37L, 8L), ID = structure(c(1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L), .Label = "bike", class = "factor"),
A = c(4L, 9L, 68L, 9L, 9L), B = c(9L, 5L, 7L, 8L, 0L), C = c(0L,
4L, 56L, 7L, 8L), ID = structure(c(1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L), .Label = "plane", class = "factor")), .Names = c("file_path",
"Condition", "Trial.Num", "A", "B", "C", "ID", "A", "B", "C",
"ID", "A", "B", "C", "ID"), class = "data.frame", row.names = c(NA,
-5L))
structure(list(file_path = structure(c(3L, 4L, 2L, 5L, 1L, 3L,
4L, 2L, 5L, 1L, 3L, 4L, 2L, 5L, 1L), .Label = c("root/defined.extension",
"root/else.extension", "root/some.extension", "root/thing.extension",
"root/uniquely.extension"), class = "factor"), Condition = structure(c(1L,
1L, 1L, 2L, 2L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 2L, 2L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 2L, 2L), .Label = c("Baseline",
"Treatment"), class = "factor"), Trial.Num = c(1L, 2L, 3L, 1L,
2L, 1L, 2L, 3L, 1L, 2L, 1L, 2L, 3L, 1L, 2L), A = c(2L, 3L, 4L,
5L, 6L, 2L, 5L, 7L, 1L, 4L, 4L, 9L, 68L, 9L, 9L), B = c(3L, 6L,
4L, 3L, 7L, 1L, 4L, 5L, 7L, 6L, 9L, 5L, 7L, 8L, 0L), C = c(5L,
45L, 6L, 7L, 3L, 7L, 4L, 4L, 37L, 8L, 0L, 4L, 56L, 7L, 8L), ID = structure(c(2L,
2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L), .Label = c("bike",
"car", "plane"), class = "factor")), .Names = c("file_path",
"Condition", "Trial.Num", "A", "B", "C", "ID"), class = "data.frame", row.names = c(NA,
-15L))
答案 0 :(得分：11)
您可以使用make.unique - 函数创建唯一的列名称。之后，您可以使用melt包中的data.table，它可以根据列名中的patterns创建多个值列：
# make the column names unique
names(toy) <- make.unique(names(toy))
# let the 'Condition' column start with a small letter 'c'
# so it won't be detected by the patterns argument from melt
names(toy)[2] <- tolower(names(toy)[2])
# load the 'data.table' package
library(data.table)
# tidy the data into long format
tidy_toy <- melt(setDT(toy),
measure.vars = patterns('^A','^B','^C','^ID'),
value.name = c('A','B','C','ID'))
给出：
> tidy_toy
file_path condition Trial.Num variable A B C ID
1: root/some.extension Baseline 1 1 2 3 5 car
2: root/thing.extension Baseline 2 1 3 6 45 car
3: root/else.extension Baseline 3 1 4 4 6 car
4: root/uniquely.extension Treatment 1 1 5 3 7 car
5: root/defined.extension Treatment 2 1 6 7 3 car
6: root/some.extension Baseline 1 2 2 1 7 bike
7: root/thing.extension Baseline 2 2 5 4 4 bike
8: root/else.extension Baseline 3 2 7 5 4 bike
9: root/uniquely.extension Treatment 1 2 1 7 37 bike
10: root/defined.extension Treatment 2 2 4 6 8 bike
11: root/some.extension Baseline 1 3 4 9 0 plane
12: root/thing.extension Baseline 2 3 9 5 4 plane
13: root/else.extension Baseline 3 3 68 7 56 plane
14: root/uniquely.extension Treatment 1 3 9 8 7 plane
15: root/defined.extension Treatment 2 3 9 0 8 plane
另一种选择是使用measure.vars的列索引列表：
tidy_toy <- melt(setDT(toy),
measure.vars = list(c(4,8,12), c(5,9,13), c(6,10,14), c(7,11,15)),
value.name = c('A','B','C','ID'))
不需要使列名唯一。
一种更复杂的方法，可以创建可以通过patterns参数更好地区分的名称：
# select the names that are not unique
tt <- table(names(toy))
idx <- which(names(toy) %in% names(tt)[tt > 1])
nms <- names(toy)[idx]
# make them unique
names(toy)[idx] <- paste(nms,
rep(seq(length(nms) / length(names(tt)[tt > 1])),
each = length(names(tt)[tt > 1])),
sep = '.')
# your columnnames are now unique:
> names(toy)
[1] "file_path" "Condition" "Trial.Num" "A.1" "B.1" "C.1" "ID.1" "A.2"
[9] "B.2" "C.2" "ID.2" "A.3" "B.3" "C.3" "ID.3"
# tidy the data into long format
tidy_toy <- melt(setDT(toy),
measure.vars = patterns('^A.\\d','^B.\\d','^C.\\d','^ID.\\d'),
value.name = c('A','B','C','ID'))
将产生相同的最终结果。
正如评论中所提到的，janitor - 包也可以帮助解决这个问题。 clean_names()与make.unique函数的工作方式类似。 See here获得解释。
答案 1 :(得分：1)
使用 tidyverse 我们可以做到：
library(tidyverse)
toy %>%
repair_names(sep="_") %>%
pivot_longer(-(1:3),names_to = c(".value","id"), names_sep="_") %>%
select(-id)
#> # A tibble: 15 x 7
#> file_path Condition Trial.Num A B C ID
#> <fct> <fct> <int> <int> <int> <int> <fct>
#> 1 root/some.extension Baseline 1 2 3 5 car
#> 2 root/some.extension Baseline 1 2 1 7 bike
#> 3 root/some.extension Baseline 1 4 9 0 plane
#> 4 root/thing.extension Baseline 2 3 6 45 car
#> 5 root/thing.extension Baseline 2 5 4 4 bike
#> 6 root/thing.extension Baseline 2 9 5 4 plane
#> 7 root/else.extension Baseline 3 4 4 6 car
#> 8 root/else.extension Baseline 3 7 5 4 bike
#> 9 root/else.extension Baseline 3 68 7 56 plane
#> 10 root/uniquely.extension Treatment 1 5 3 7 car
#> 11 root/uniquely.extension Treatment 1 1 7 37 bike
#> 12 root/uniquely.extension Treatment 1 9 8 7 plane
#> 13 root/defined.extension Treatment 2 6 7 3 car
#> 14 root/defined.extension Treatment 2 4 6 8 bike
#> 15 root/defined.extension Treatment 2 9 0 8 plane
#> Warning message:
#> Expected 2 pieces. Missing pieces filled with `NA` in 4 rows [1, 2, 3, 4].