freq: Frequency table

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Frequency table

Description

Count the occurrences of values in a column, optionally within groups.

Usage

freq(data, column, by = NULL, prop = FALSE, sort = TRUE, ...)

Arguments

data	A data frame, or a single path to a delimited text file. In file mode the second argument is taken as the grouping column(s).
column	Name of the column to tabulate.
by	Optional grouping column or columns.
prop	Whether to include proportions.
sort	Whether to sort rows by descending frequency.
...	In file mode, reader options such as where, delim.

Value

A basetable containing frequencies, and proportions when requested.

basetable documentation built on Sept. 18, 2026, 9:13 a.m.