I want to perform group_by and do a string operation for a data frame using dplyr
df<-data.frame(varx=c("x1","x1","x2","x2","x2"),vary=c("y1","y2","y3","y4","y5"))
I want the output (newdf) to look like this:
newdf <- data.frame(varx=c("x1","x2"),catY=c("y1,y2","y3,y4,y5"))
I tried the following in dplyr
df %>% group_by(varx)%>%summarise(catY=paste(vary))
Error: expecting a single value
Also tried the following:
df %>% group_by(varx)%>%mutate(catY=paste(vary))
Source: local data frame [5 x 3]
Groups: varx
I can do it using basic data frame operation. Need help in understanding a way out in dplyr.
The slightly shorter version of David's comment would be:
library(dplyr)
df %>% group_by(varx) %>% summarise(catY = toString(vary))
#Source: local data frame [2 x 2]
#
# varx catY
#1 x1 y1, y2
#2 x2 y3, y4, y5
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