[R] how to add row index based a categorical column

[xin wei]

thank you everyone. how can I not be aware of the existence of ave()? I try
the following:
tapply(data$value, data$level, rank). However, I have a very difficult time
merging the resulting rank variable back to the original data frame. 

thanks a lot!


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