[R] Splitting Datasets

[Bert Gunter]

Please start by  read ing An Introduction to R. You need to understand
R data structures and how it works AS A LANGUAGE. Forget about Minitab
(while you are in R).

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-- Bert

On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 5:50 PM, Wainscott, Robert LT
<robert.wainscott at cvn74.navy.mil> wrote:
> On R 2.12 for Mac OSX, I have a dataset with both numerical and
> character values.
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> I want to split dataset "ZIDL", into individual datasets based on the
> string content of variable "Dept".
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> I can create one subset dataset at a time using a script I found on the
> net, but rather than run the same function 17 times, can R look at the
> "Dept" variable and create subset datasheets of the main datasheet (one
> for each department) with a single command?
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> In Minitab, this would be the "Split Worksheet" function.
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> I am horrible at scripting, but trying to learn fast.
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> Thanks in advance,
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> Robert
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