R/rowwise.R

In dplyr: A Grammar of Data Manipulation

#' Group input by rows
#'
#' @description
#' `rowwise()` allows you to compute on a data frame a row-at-a-time.
#' This is most useful when a vectorised function doesn't exist.
#'
#' Most dplyr verbs preserve row-wise grouping. The exception is [summarise()],
#' which return a [grouped_df]. You can explicitly ungroup with [ungroup()]
#' or [as_tibble()], or convert to a [grouped_df] with [group_by()].
#'
#' @section List-columns:
#' Because a rowwise has exactly one row per group it offers a small
#' convenience for working with list-columns. Normally, `summarise()` and
#' `mutate()` extract a groups worth of data with `[`. But when you index
#' a list in this way, you get back another list. When you're working with
#' a `rowwise` tibble, then dplyr will use `[[` instead of `[` to make your
#' life a little easier.
#'
#' @param data Input data frame.
#' @param ... <[`tidy-select`][dplyr_tidy_select]> Variables to be preserved
#'   when calling [summarise()]. This is typically a set of variables whose
#'   combination uniquely identify each row.
#'
#'   **NB**: unlike `group_by()` you can not create new variables here but
#'   instead you can select multiple variables with (e.g.) `everything()`.
#' @seealso [nest_by()] for a convenient way of creating rowwise data frames
#'   with nested data.
#' @return A row-wise data frame with class `rowwise_df`. Note that a
#'   `rowwise_df` is implicitly grouped by row, but is not a `grouped_df`.
#' @export
#' @examples
#' df <- tibble(x = runif(6), y = runif(6), z = runif(6))
#' # Compute the mean of x, y, z in each row
#' df %>% rowwise() %>% mutate(m = mean(c(x, y, z)))
#' # use c_across() to more easily select many variables
#' df %>% rowwise() %>% mutate(m = mean(c_across(x:z)))
#'
#' # Compute the minimum of x and y in each row
#' df %>% rowwise() %>% mutate(m = min(c(x, y, z)))
#' # In this case you can use an existing vectorised function:
#' df %>% mutate(m = pmin(x, y, z))
#' # Where these functions exist they'll be much faster than rowwise
#' # so be on the lookout for them.
#'
#' # rowwise() is also useful when doing simulations
#' params <- tribble(
#'  ~sim, ~n, ~mean, ~sd,
#'     1,  1,     1,   1,
#'     2,  2,     2,   4,
#'     3,  3,    -1,   2
#' )
#' # Here I supply variables to preserve after the computation
#' params %>%
#'   rowwise(sim) %>%
#'   reframe(z = rnorm(n, mean, sd))
#'
#' # If you want one row per simulation, put the results in a list()
#' params %>%
#'   rowwise(sim) %>%
#'   summarise(z = list(rnorm(n, mean, sd)), .groups = "keep")
rowwise <- function(data, ...) {
  UseMethod("rowwise")
}

#' @export
rowwise.data.frame <- function(data, ...) {
  vars <- tidyselect::eval_select(expr(c(...)), data)
  rowwise_df(data, vars)
}

#' @export
rowwise.grouped_df <- function(data, ...) {
  if (!missing(...)) {
    bullets <- c(
      "Can't re-group when creating rowwise data.",
      i = "Either first `ungroup()` or call `rowwise()` without arguments."
    )
    abort(bullets)
  }
  rowwise_df(data, group_vars(data))
}


# Constructor + helper ----------------------------------------------------

rowwise_df <- function(data, group_vars) {
  group_data <- as_tibble(data)[group_vars]
  new_rowwise_df(data, group_data)
}

is_rowwise_df <- function(x) {
  inherits(x, "rowwise_df")
}

#' @rdname new_grouped_df
#' @export
new_rowwise_df <- function(data, group_data = NULL, ..., class = character()) {
  nrow <- nrow(data)

  if (!is.null(group_data)) {
    if (!is_tibble(group_data) || has_name(group_data, ".rows")) {
      msg <- "`group_data` must be a tibble without a `.rows` column."
      abort(msg)
    }

    group_data <- new_tibble(vec_data(group_data), nrow = nrow) # strip attributes
  } else {
    group_data <- new_tibble(list(), nrow = nrow)
  }
  group_data$.rows <- new_list_of(as.list(seq_len(nrow)), ptype = integer())

  new_tibble(
    data,
    groups = group_data,
    ...,
    nrow = nrow,
    class = c(class, "rowwise_df")
  )
}

#' @rdname new_grouped_df
#' @export
validate_rowwise_df <- function(x) {
  result <- .Call(`dplyr_validate_rowwise_df`, x)
  if (!is.null(result)) {
    abort(result)
  }
  x
}

setOldClass(c("rowwise_df", "tbl_df", "tbl", "data.frame"))

# methods -----------------------------------------------------------------

#' @importFrom pillar tbl_sum
#' @export
tbl_sum.rowwise_df <- function(x, ...) {
  c(
    NextMethod(),
    "Rowwise" = commas(group_vars(x))
  )
}

#' @export
as_tibble.rowwise_df <- function(x, ...) {
  new_tibble(vec_data(x), nrow = nrow(x))
}

#' @export
`[.rowwise_df` <- function(x, i, j, drop = FALSE) {
  out <- NextMethod()

  if (!is.data.frame(out)) {
    return(out)
  }

  group_vars <- intersect(names(out), group_vars(x))
  rowwise_df(out, group_vars)
}

#' @export
`[<-.rowwise_df` <- function(x, i, j, ..., value) {
  out <- NextMethod()
  group_vars <- intersect(names(out), group_vars(x))
  rowwise_df(out, group_vars)
}

#' @export
`names<-.rowwise_df` <- function(x, value) {
  data <- NextMethod()
  group_vars <- value[match(group_vars(x), names(x))]

  rowwise_df(data, group_vars)
}