[R] split a data frame

[Roger Peng]

It's simple, use the split() command.  If AREA is a factor, then

data2 <- split(Data1, Data1$AREA)

should give you a list of dataframes split according to AREA.

-roger
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On Mon, 1 Jul 2002, Andrew McCulloch wrote:

> Hi ,
> 
>     I have a data frame (Data1) which has a area variable (AREA) with
> codes (RA,RG,LT etc.). I would like to split the data frame into
> individual data frames called RA, RG, LT conatining only the
> observations from those areas.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> yours sincerely
> Andrew McCulloch
> 
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