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pct: Add Percentage Columns to a Dataframe

Description

This function will add extra columns to an existing dataframe. The second argument 'clmn' should specify which column(s) of the dataframe the percentage should be calculated by dividing each column's row-element by it's sum.

Usage

pct(df, clmns)

Arguments

df
A dataframe with numeric columns.
clmns
the names of the columns for which the percentage column should be calculated from.

Value

  • The original dataframe plus extra percentage columns corresponding to original columns in the dataframe.

Examples

Run this code
df <- data.frame(a=c(1,2,3), b=c('x','y','z'), c=c(5,3,2))
pct(df, c('a','c'))

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