recast {reshape} | R Documentation |
melt and cast data in a single step
recast(data, formula, ..., id.var, measure.var)
data |
Data set to melt |
formula |
Casting formula, see cast for specifics |
... |
Other arguments passed to cast |
id.var |
Identifying variables. If blank, will use all non measure.var variables |
measure.var |
Measured variables. If blank, will use all non id.var variables |
This conveniently wraps melting and casting a data frame into one step.
Todo: take advantage of reshape formula to reduce number of columns in molten data frame to save time/spcae.
Hadley Wickham <h.wickham@gmail.com>