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ffbase (version 0.6-2)

binned_tabulate: Fast tabulating in different bins

Description

binned_sum implements fast tabulating for given bins by calling c-code. It also returns the number of NA's per bin. Please note that incorrect use of this function may crash your R-session. the values of bins must be between 1 and nbins and may not contain NA. The values of x must be between 1 and nlevels.

Usage

binned_tabulate(x, bin, nbins = max(bin),
    nlevels = nlevels(x))

  ## S3 method for class 'ff':
binned_tabulate(x, bin, nbins=max(bin),
    nlevels=nlevels(x), ...)

Arguments

x
factor or integer vector with the data to be tabulated
bin
integer vector with the bin number for each data point
nbins
integer maximum bin number
nlevels
integer number of levels used in x
...
passed on to chunk

Value

  • numeric matrix where each row is a bin and each column a level