frequency (version 0.4.1)

freq: Freq

Description

This function generates frequency tables

Usage

freq(
  x,
  file = NULL,
  weight = NULL,
  maxrow = 30,
  type = "html",
  template = NULL
)

Arguments

x

Input data. Can be a dataframe, list or vector.

file

File name. Optional file name to save the output.

weight

Weight variable name. (Note: this is a placeholder and not currently implemented)

maxrow

Maximum number of rows to display in each frequency table.

type

Output type. Either html or doc.

template

Word template. Optional doc template to use if producing doc output.

Value

A frequency table in html or doc format.

Examples

# NOT RUN {
# Suppress external output for examples
options(frequency_render = FALSE)

# Create frequency tables for the entire dataset
freq(big5)

# For specific variable/s
freq(big5[5:6])
freq(big5$country)

# Produce a list of tables
out <- freq(big5[8:10])
out[1]

options(frequency_render = TRUE)
# }
# NOT RUN {
# To automatically open html output in your browser use the following option:
options(frequency_open_output = TRUE)
freq(big5[, c('gender', 'E1')])

# To save the output specify the filename and format
freq(big5, file = "mydir/myfile.html")

# Supports label attributes from the package foreign package
library(foreign)
dat <- read.spss(myfile)
freq(dat)
# (Note: foreign may drop attributes when using to.data.frame = TRUE)
df <- read.spss(myfile, to.data.frame = TRUE)
freq(df)

# Also supports label attributes from the haven package
library(haven)
dat <- read_sav(myfile)
freq(dat)

# as well as other data with no label attributes
dat <- data.frame(id = 1:3, val = letters[1:3])
freq(dat)

# }
# NOT RUN {
# }