gpindex (version 0.6.3)

grouped: Grouped operator

Description

Make a function applicable to grouped data.

Usage

grouped(f, ...)

Value

A function like f with a new argument group. This accepts a factor to split all other arguments in f into groups before applying f to each group and combining the results. It is similar to ave(), but more general.

Arguments

f

A function.

...

Deprecated. Additional arguments to f that should not be treated as grouped.

See Also

Other operators: balanced(), quantity_index()

Examples

# Redistribute weights.

x <- 1:6
w <- c(1:5, NA)
f <- factor(rep(letters[1:2], each = 3))
w1 <- c(2, 4)
w2 <- 1:6

harmonic_mean(mapply(harmonic_mean, split(x, f), split(w2, f)), w1)

wr <- grouped(scale_weights)(w2, group = f) * w1[f]
harmonic_mean(x, wr)