[R] sample within a loop

[MacQueen, Don]

I would change strategies.

Create a new variable, say,
  num.in.grp <- rep(1:12, 4)

Then sample from 1:12, and add appropriate amounts so that they become row
numbers within the four sets of 12 rows
  ctrls <- ssample(1:12, 4, replace=TRUE) + c(0,12,24,36)

Now that we have four random row numbers, assign entry appropriately
  entry <- rep('TEST', 48)
  entry[ctrls] <- 'CONTROL'

The above is not tested, and makes several assumptions, particularly that
the data frame is sorted by groups and that there are four groups of 12
each. Thus it is does not generalize, not without some work.

-Don

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On 3/17/16, 10:18 AM, "R-help on behalf of DIGHE, NILESH [AG/2362]"
<r-help-bounces at r-project.org on behalf of nilesh.dighe at monsanto.com>
wrote:

>Dear R users,
>                My data frame has four "groups" namely A1, B2, C3, & D4.
>Each group has 12 rows (variable "plotno).  I like to randomly sample one
>"plotno" within each "groups" variable and label it as "CONTROL" and
>label others as "TEST" in a new variable called "entry".  I am trying to
>do this by looping over the group variable and then sample "plotno"
>within a given group.  I am ending up with four "CONTROL" plots but they
>are generated by sampling over all the groups instead of each group.  I
>need one random "plotno" assigned as a "CONTROL" per group (A1, B2, C3,
>D4).  I would appreciate any help in modifying my function "funa" or
>suggest any alternative and better way to do this task.  Below is the
>dataset and function I am working with.
>
># dataset (df)
>structure(list(plotno = 1:48, groups = c("A1", "A1", "A1", "A1",
>"A1", "A1", "A1", "A1", "A1", "A1", "A1", "A1", "B2", "B2", "B2",
>"B2", "B2", "B2", "B2", "B2", "B2", "B2", "B2", "B2", "C3", "C3",
>"C3", "C3", "C3", "C3", "C3", "C3", "C3", "C3", "C3", "C3", "D4",
>"D4", "D4", "D4", "D4", "D4", "D4", "D4", "D4", "D4", "D4", "D4"
>)), .Names = c("plotno", "groups"), row.names = c(NA, -48L), class =
>"data.frame")
>
># function (funa)
>
>function (dataset)
>
>{
>
>    set.seed(1)
>
>    bay <- unique(dataset$groups)
>
>    IND <- c()
>
>    df2 <- dataset
>
>    for (i in bay) {
>
>        IND[i] <- which(plotno %in% sample(plotno, 1))
>
>        df2$entry <- ifelse(df2$plotno %in% IND, "CONTROL", "TEST")
>
>    }
>
>    df2
>
>}
>
>
># session info
>
>R version 3.2.1 (2015-06-18)
>
>Platform: i386-w64-mingw32/i386 (32-bit)
>
>Running under: Windows 7 x64 (build 7601) Service Pack 1
>
>
>
>locale:
>
>[1] LC_COLLATE=English_United States.1252  LC_CTYPE=English_United
>States.1252    LC_MONETARY=English_United States.1252
>
>[4] LC_NUMERIC=C                           LC_TIME=English_United
>States.1252
>
>
>
>attached base packages:
>
>[1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base
>
>
>
>loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
>
>[1] tools_3.2.1
>
>Thanks.
>Nilesh
>
>
>Nilesh Dighe
>(806)-252-7492 (Cell)
>(806)-741-2019 (Office)
>
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