recast: Recast: melt and cast in a single step

In reshape2: Flexibly Reshape Data: A Reboot of the Reshape Package

Description

This conveniently wraps melting and (d)casting a data frame into a single step.

Usage

recast(data, formula, ..., id.var, measure.var)

Arguments

data	data set to melt
formula	casting formula, see dcast for specifics
...	other arguments passed to dcast
id.var	identifying variables. If blank, will use all non measure.var variables
measure.var	measured variables. If blank, will use all non id.var variables

See Also

http://had.co.nz/reshape/

Examples

recast(french_fries, time ~ variable, id.var = 1:4)

Example output

Aggregation function missing: defaulting to length
   time potato buttery grassy rancid painty
1     1     72      72     72     72     72
2     2     72      72     72     72     72
3     3     72      72     72     72     72
4     4     72      72     72     72     72
5     5     72      72     72     72     72
6     6     72      72     72     72     72
7     7     72      72     72     72     72
8     8     72      72     72     72     72
9     9     60      60     60     60     60
10   10     60      60     60     60     60

reshape2 documentation built on April 14, 2020, 5:26 p.m.