[R] need descriptive help

[mkm1616]

Was it really necessary to reply with sarcasm i.e. badgering the list.

The point of an open community is to seek advice.  i mentioned I was
new to R and apologized to the community.  A simple response with some
guidance would be helpful.

I'm looking at other posts, there are some other simple questions.

Bert, why don'tyou go give them all an "etiquette lesson"



On Jun 5, 11:13 am, Bert Gunter <gunter.ber... at gene.com> wrote:
> 1. Before you post to this list again, please read "An Introd to R" --
> or other basic R tutorial. "Intro" ships with every R installation.
> There's a reason for this -- to avoid badgering this list with basic R
> queries that minimal homework could answer.
>
> 2. However, see also ?table and links therein.
>
> 3. "?"[" and ?subset are also relevant.
>
> -- Bert
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> On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 8:34 AM, mkm1616 <mkm1... at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi all, I'm new to using R, and apologize for simplicity of this
> > question.
>
> > I'm using a data set with over 60,000 observations, Two variables are
> > patient ID, and cost incurred by the patient.  I'd like to generate
> > frequency/table by patient and cost IF the total cost is over 2000.
>
> > Right now I'm using:
>
> > by(x$cost, x$patient, sum)
>
> > but this generates a huge list for each patient.
>
> > What is the best way to either (1) export the output into a csv so I
> > can visually inspect each patient or more helpful (2) create the table
> > IF sum of cost > 1000
>
> > Thanks!
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