转换data.table中的列类
我有一个使用data.table的问题:如何转换列类? 下面是一个简单的例子:使用data.frame我没有问题,用data.table转换它,我只是不知道如何:
df <- data.frame(ID=c(rep("A", 5), rep("B",5)), Quarter=c(1:5, 1:5), value=rnorm(10))
#One way: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2851015/r-convert-data-frame-columns-from-factors-to-characters
df <- data.frame(lapply(df, as.character), stringsAsFactors=FALSE)
#Another way
df[, "value"] <- as.numeric(df[, "value"])
library(data.table)
dt <- data.table(ID=c(rep("A", 5), rep("B",5)), Quarter=c(1:5, 1:5), value=rnorm(10))
dt <- data.table(lapply(dt, as.character), stringsAsFactors=FALSE)
#Error in rep("", ncol(xi)) : invalid 'times' argument
#Produces error, does data.table not have the option stringsAsFactors?
dt[, "ID", with=FALSE] <- as.character(dt[, "ID", with=FALSE])
#Produces error: Error in `[<-.data.table`(`*tmp*`, , "ID", with = FALSE, value = "c(1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2)") :
#unused argument(s) (with = FALSE)
我错过这里很明显的东西吗?
由于马修的帖子更新:我以前使用旧版本,但即使更新到1.6.6(我现在使用的版本)后,仍然出现错误。
更新2:假设我想将类“factor”的每一列转换为“字符”列,但事先不知道哪一列是哪一类。 有了data.frame,我可以做到以下几点:
classes <- as.character(sapply(df, class))
colClasses <- which(classes=="factor")
df[, colClasses] <- sapply(df[, colClasses], as.character)
我可以用data.table做类似的事吗?
更新3:
sessionInfo()R版本2.13.1(2011-07-08)平台:x86_64-pc-mingw32 / x64(64位)
locale:
[1] C
attached base packages:
[1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods base
other attached packages:
[1] data.table_1.6.6
loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
[1] tools_2.13.1
对于单列:
dtnew <- dt[, Quarter:=as.character(Quarter)]
str(dtnew)
Classes ‘data.table’ and 'data.frame': 10 obs. of 3 variables:
$ ID : Factor w/ 2 levels "A","B": 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2
$ Quarter: chr "1" "2" "3" "4" ...
$ value : num -0.838 0.146 -1.059 -1.197 0.282 ...
使用lapply
和as.character
:
dtnew <- dt[, lapply(.SD, as.character), by=ID]
str(dtnew)
Classes ‘data.table’ and 'data.frame': 10 obs. of 3 variables:
$ ID : Factor w/ 2 levels "A","B": 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2
$ Quarter: chr "1" "2" "3" "4" ...
$ value : chr "1.487145280568" "-0.827845218358881" "0.028977182770002" "1.35392750102305" ...
尝试这个
DT <- data.table(X1 = c("a", "b"), X2 = c(1,2), X3 = c("hello", "you"))
changeCols <- colnames(DT)[which(as.vector(DT[,lapply(.SD, class)]) == "character")]
DT[,(changeCols):= lapply(.SD, as.factor), .SDcols = changeCols]
这是一个糟糕的做法! 如果它解决了其他奇怪的问题,我只会离开这个答案。 这些更好的方法可能部分是由于更新的data.table版本造成的......所以值得一提的是这种难以记录的方式。 另外,这是eval
substitute
语法的一个很好的语法示例。
library(data.table)
dt <- data.table(ID = c(rep("A", 5), rep("B",5)),
fac1 = c(1:5, 1:5),
fac2 = c(1:5, 1:5) * 2,
val1 = rnorm(10),
val2 = rnorm(10))
names_factors = c('fac1', 'fac2')
names_values = c('val1', 'val2')
for (col in names_factors){
e = substitute(X := as.factor(X), list(X = as.symbol(col)))
dt[ , eval(e)]
}
for (col in names_values){
e = substitute(X := as.numeric(X), list(X = as.symbol(col)))
dt[ , eval(e)]
}
str(dt)
这给你
Classes ‘data.table’ and 'data.frame': 10 obs. of 5 variables:
$ ID : chr "A" "A" "A" "A" ...
$ fac1: Factor w/ 5 levels "1","2","3","4",..: 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5
$ fac2: Factor w/ 5 levels "2","4","6","8",..: 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5
$ val1: num 0.0459 2.0113 0.5186 -0.8348 -0.2185 ...
$ val2: num -0.0688 0.6544 0.267 -0.1322 -0.4893 ...
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