[R] colMeans in a data.frame with numeric and character data

[Dimitris Rizopoulos]

try this:

dat <- data.frame(x = rnorm(10), y = rexp(10), z = letters[1:10])
colMeans(data.matrix(dat[sapply(dat, is.numeric)]))


I hope it helps.

Best,
Dimitris

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Quoting Diogo André Alagador <dalagador at armail.pt>:

> Hi all,
>
> I would like to know if it is posible by, someway, to get colMeans from
> a data.frame with numeric as well as character data, dispersed all over
> the object. Note that I would like to get colMeans neglecting character
> data.
>
> I am really in need of some function proceeding in that way

>
> All the best
>
> Diogo André Alagador
>
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