[R] read txt file - date - no space

jim holtman jho|tm@n @end|ng |rom gm@||@com
Wed Aug 1 17:01:17 CEST 2018


Try this:

> library(lubridate)
> library(tidyverse)
> input <- read.csv(text = "date,str1,str2,str3
+ 10/1/1998 0:00,0.6,0,0
+                   10/1/1998 1:00,0.2,0.2,0.2
+                   10/1/1998 2:00,0.6,0.2,0.4
+                   10/1/1998 3:00,0,0,0.6
+                   10/1/1998 4:00,0,0,0
+                   10/1/1998 5:00,0,0,0
+                   10/1/1998 6:00,0,0,0
+                   10/1/1998 7:00,0.2,0,0", as.is = TRUE)
> # convert the date and add the "day" so summarize
> input <- input %>%
+   mutate(date = mdy_hm(date),
+          day = floor_date(date, unit = 'day')
+   )
>
> by_day <- input %>%
+   group_by(day) %>%
+   summarise(m_s1 = mean(str1),
+             m_s2 = mean(str2),
+             m_s3 = mean(str3)
+   )
>
> by_day
# A tibble: 1 x 4
  day                  m_s1   m_s2  m_s3
  <dttm>              <dbl>  <dbl> <dbl>
1 1998-10-01 00:00:00 0.200 0.0500 0.150

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On Tue, Jul 31, 2018 at 11:54 PM Diego Avesani <diego.avesani using gmail.com>
wrote:

> Dear all,
> I am sorry, I did a lot of confusion. I am sorry, I have to relax and stat
> all again in order to understand.
> If I could I would like to start again, without mixing strategy and waiting
> for your advice.
>
> I am really appreciate you help, really really.
> Here my new file, a *.csv file (buy the way, it is possible to attach it in
> the mailing list?)
>
> date,str1,str2,str3
> 10/1/1998 0:00,0.6,0,0
> 10/1/1998 1:00,0.2,0.2,0.2
> 10/1/1998 2:00,0.6,0.2,0.4
> 10/1/1998 3:00,0,0,0.6
> 10/1/1998 4:00,0,0,0
> 10/1/1998 5:00,0,0,0
> 10/1/1998 6:00,0,0,0
> 10/1/1998 7:00,0.2,0,0
>
>
> I read it as:
> MyData <- read.csv(file="obs_prec.csv",header=TRUE, sep=",")
>
> at this point I would like to have the daily mean.
> What would you suggest?
>
> Really Really thanks,
> You are my lifesaver
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> Diego
>
>
> On 1 August 2018 at 01:01, Jeff Newmiller <jdnewmil using dcn.davis.ca.us>
> wrote:
>
> > ... and the most common source of NA values in time data is wrong
> > timezones. You really need to make sure the timezone that is assumed when
> > the character data are converted to POSIXt agrees with the data. In most
> > cases the easiest way to insure this is to use
> >
> > Sys.setenv(TZ="US/Pacific")
> >
> > or whatever timezone from
> >
> > OlsonNames()
> >
> > corresponds with your data. Execute this setenv function before the
> > strptime or as.POSIXct() function call.
> >
> > You can use
> >
> > MyData[ is.na(MyData$datetime), ]
> >
> > to see which records are failing to convert time.
> >
> > [1] https://github.com/jdnewmil/eci298sp2016/blob/master/QuickHowto1
> >
> > On July 31, 2018 3:04:05 PM PDT, Jim Lemon <drjimlemon using gmail.com> wrote:
> > >Hi Diego,
> > >I think the error is due to NA values in your data file. If I extend
> > >your example and run it, I get no errors:
> > >
> > >MyData<-read.table(text="103001930 103001580 103001530
> > >1998-10-01 00:00:00 0.6 0 0
> > >1998-10-01 01:00:00 0.2 0.2 0.2
> > >1998-10-01 02:00:00 0.6 0.2 0.4
> > >1998-10-01 03:00:00 0 0 0.6
> > >1998-10-01 04:00:00 0 0 0
> > >1998-10-01 05:00:00 0 0 0
> > >1998-10-01 06:00:00 0 0 0
> > >1998-10-01 07:00:00 0.2 0 0
> > >1998-10-01 08:00:00 0.6 0 0
> > >1998-10-01 09:00:00 0.2 0.2 0.2
> > >1998-10-01 10:00:00 0.6 0.2 0.4
> > >1998-10-01 11:00:00 0 0 0.6
> > >1998-10-01 12:00:00 0 0 0
> > >1998-10-01 13:00:00 0 0 0
> > >1998-10-01 14:00:00 0 0 0
> > >1998-10-01 15:00:00 0.2 0 0
> > >1998-10-01 16:00:00 0.6 0 0
> > >1998-10-01 17:00:00 0.2 0.2 0.2
> > >1998-10-01 18:00:00 0.6 0.2 0.4
> > >1998-10-01 19:00:00 0 0 0.6
> > >1998-10-01 20:00:00 0 0 0
> > >1998-10-01 21:00:00 0 0 0
> > >1998-10-01 22:00:00 0 0 0
> > >1998-10-01 23:00:00 0.2 0 0
> > >1998-10-02 00:00:00 0.6 0 0
> > >1998-10-02 01:00:00 0.2 0.2 0.2
> > >1998-10-02 02:00:00 0.6 0.2 0.4
> > >1998-10-02 03:00:00 0 0 0.6
> > >1998-10-02 04:00:00 0 0 0
> > >1998-10-02 05:00:00 0 0 0
> > >1998-10-02 06:00:00 0 0 0
> > >1998-10-02 07:00:00 0.2 0 0
> > >1998-10-02 08:00:00 0.6 0 0
> > >1998-10-02 09:00:00 0.2 0.2 0.2
> > >1998-10-02 10:00:00 0.6 0.2 0.4
> > >1998-10-02 11:00:00 0 0 0.6
> > >1998-10-02 12:00:00 0 0 0
> > >1998-10-02 13:00:00 0 0 0
> > >1998-10-02 14:00:00 0 0 0
> > >1998-10-02 15:00:00 0.2 0 0
> > >1998-10-02 16:00:00 0.6 0 0
> > >1998-10-02 17:00:00 0.2 0.2 0.2
> > >1998-10-02 18:00:00 0.6 0.2 0.4
> > >1998-10-02 19:00:00 0 0 0.6
> > >1998-10-02 20:00:00 0 0 0
> > >1998-10-02 21:00:00 0 0 0
> > >1998-10-02 22:00:00 0 0 0
> > >1998-10-02 23:00:00 0.2 0 0",
> > >skip=1,stringsAsFactors=FALSE)
> > >names(MyData)<-c("date","time","st1","st2","st3")
> > >MyData$datetime<-strptime(paste(MyData$date,MyData$time),
> > > format="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
> > >MyData$datetime
> > >st1_daily<-by(MyData$st1,MyData$date,mean)
> > >st2_daily<-by(MyData$st2,MyData$date,mean)
> > >st3_daily<-by(MyData$st3,MyData$date,mean)
> > >st1_daily
> > >st2_daily
> > >st3_daily
> > >
> > >Try adding na.rm=TRUE to the "by" calls:
> > >
> > >st1_daily<-by(MyData$st1,MyData$date,mean,na.rm=TRUE)
> > >st2_daily<-by(MyData$st2,MyData$date,mean,na.rm=TRUE)
> > >st3_daily<-by(MyData$st3,MyData$date,mean,na.rm=TRUE)
> > >
> > >Jim
> > >
> > >On Tue, Jul 31, 2018 at 11:11 PM, Diego Avesani
> > ><diego.avesani using gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> Dear all,
> > >>
> > >> I have still problem with date.
> > >> Could you please tel me how to use POSIXct.
> > >> Indeed I have found this command:
> > >> timeAverage, but I am not able to convert MyDate to properly date.
> > >>
> > >> Thank a lot
> > >> I hope to no bother you, at least too much
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Diego
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On 31 July 2018 at 11:12, Diego Avesani <diego.avesani using gmail.com>
> > >wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>> Dear Jim, Dear all,
> > >>>
> > >>> thanks a lot.
> > >>>
> > >>> Unfortunately, I get the following error:
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>  st1_daily<-by(MyData$st1,MyData$date,mean)
> > >>> Error in tapply(seq_len(0L), list(`MyData$date` = c(913L, 914L,
> > >925L,  :
> > >>>   arguments must have same length
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> This is particularly strange. indeed, if I apply
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> mean(MyData$str1,na.rm=TRUE)
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> it works
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> Sorry, I have to learn a lot.
> > >>> You are really boosting me
> > >>>
> > >>> Diego
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> On 31 July 2018 at 11:02, Jim Lemon <drjimlemon using gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Hi Diego,
> > >>>> One way you can get daily means is:
> > >>>>
> > >>>> st1_daily<-by(MyData$st1,MyData$date,mean)
> > >>>> st2_daily<-by(MyData$st2,MyData$date,mean)
> > >>>> st3_daily<-by(MyData$st3,MyData$date,mean)
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Jim
> > >>>>
> > >>>> On Tue, Jul 31, 2018 at 6:51 PM, Diego Avesani
> > ><diego.avesani using gmail.com>
> > >>>> wrote:
> > >>>> > Dear all,
> > >>>> > I have found the error, my fault. Sorry.
> > >>>> > There was an extra come in the headers line.
> > >>>> > Thanks again.
> > >>>> >
> > >>>> > If I can I would like to ask you another questions about the
> > >imported
> > >>>> > data.
> > >>>> > I would like to compute the daily average of the different date.
> > >>>> > Basically I
> > >>>> > have hourly data, I would like to ave the daily mean of them.
> > >>>> >
> > >>>> > Is there some special commands?
> > >>>> >
> > >>>> > Thanks a lot.
> > >>>> >
> > >>>> >
> > >>>> > Diego
> > >>>> >
> > >>>> >
> > >>>> > On 31 July 2018 at 10:40, Diego Avesani <diego.avesani using gmail.com>
> > >>>> > wrote:
> > >>>> >>
> > >>>> >> Dear all,
> > >>>> >> I move to csv file because originally the date where in csv
> > >file.
> > >>>> >> In addition, due to the fact that, as you told me, read.csv is a
> > >>>> >> special
> > >>>> >> case of read.table, I prefer start to learn from the simplest
> > >one.
> > >>>> >> After that, I will try also the *.txt format.
> > >>>> >>
> > >>>> >> with read.csv, something strange happened:
> > >>>> >>
> > >>>> >> This us now the file:
> > >>>> >>
> > >>>> >> date,st1,st2,st3,
> > >>>> >> 10/1/1998 0:00,0.6,0,0
> > >>>> >> 10/1/1998 1:00,0.2,0.2,0.2
> > >>>> >> 10/1/1998 2:00,0.6,0.2,0.4
> > >>>> >> 10/1/1998 3:00,0,0,0.6
> > >>>> >> 10/1/1998 4:00,0,0,0
> > >>>> >> 10/1/1998 5:00,0,0,0
> > >>>> >> 10/1/1998 6:00,0,0,0
> > >>>> >> 10/1/1998 7:00,0.2,0,0
> > >>>> >> 10/1/1998 8:00,0.6,0.2,0
> > >>>> >> 10/1/1998 9:00,0.2,0.4,0.4
> > >>>> >> 10/1/1998 10:00,0,0.4,0.2
> > >>>> >>
> > >>>> >> When I apply:
> > >>>> >> MyData <- read.csv(file="obs_prec.csv",header=TRUE, sep=",")
> > >>>> >>
> > >>>> >> this is the results:
> > >>>> >>
> > >>>> >> 10/1/1998 0:00    0.6    0.00    0.0 NA
> > >>>> >> 2        10/1/1998 1:00    0.2    0.20    0.2 NA
> > >>>> >> 3        10/1/1998 2:00    0.6    0.20    0.4 NA
> > >>>> >> 4        10/1/1998 3:00    0.0    0.00    0.6 NA
> > >>>> >> 5        10/1/1998 4:00    0.0    0.00    0.0 NA
> > >>>> >> 6        10/1/1998 5:00    0.0    0.00    0.0 NA
> > >>>> >> 7        10/1/1998 6:00    0.0    0.00    0.0 NA
> > >>>> >> 8        10/1/1998 7:00    0.2    0.00    0.0 NA
> > >>>> >>
> > >>>> >> I do not understand why.
> > >>>> >> Something wrong with date?
> > >>>> >>
> > >>>> >> really really thanks,
> > >>>> >> I appreciate a lot all your helps.
> > >>>> >>
> > >>>> >> Diedro
> > >>>> >>
> > >>>> >>
> > >>>> >> Diego
> > >>>> >>
> > >>>> >>
> > >>>> >> On 31 July 2018 at 01:25, MacQueen, Don <macqueen1 using llnl.gov>
> > >wrote:
> > >>>> >>>
> > >>>> >>> Or, without removing the first line
> > >>>> >>>   dadf <- read.table("xxx.txt", stringsAsFactors=FALSE, skip=1)
> > >>>> >>>
> > >>>> >>> Another alternative,
> > >>>> >>>    dadf$datetime <- as.POSIXct(paste(dadf$V1,dadf$V2))
> > >>>> >>> since the dates appear to be in the default format.
> > >>>> >>> (I generally prefer to work with datetimes in POSIXct class
> > >rather
> > >>>> >>> than
> > >>>> >>> POSIXlt class)
> > >>>> >>>
> > >>>> >>> -Don
> > >>>> >>>
> > >>>> >>> --
> > >>>> >>> Don MacQueen
> > >>>> >>> Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
> > >>>> >>> 7000 East Ave., L-627
> > >>>> >>> Livermore, CA 94550
> > >>>> >>> 925-423-1062
> > >>>> >>> Lab cell 925-724-7509
> > >>>> >>>
> > >>>> >>>
> > >>>> >>>
> > >>>> >>> On 7/30/18, 4:03 PM, "R-help on behalf of Jim Lemon"
> > >>>> >>> <r-help-bounces using r-project.org on behalf of
> > >drjimlemon using gmail.com>
> > >>>> >>> wrote:
> > >>>> >>>
> > >>>> >>>     Hi Diego,
> > >>>> >>>     You may have to do some conversion as you have three fields
> > >in
> > >>>> >>> the
> > >>>> >>>     first line using the default space separator and five
> > >fields in
> > >>>> >>>     subsequent lines. If the first line doesn't contain any
> > >important
> > >>>> >>> data
> > >>>> >>>     you can just delete it or replace it with a meaningful
> > >header
> > >>>> >>> line
> > >>>> >>>     with five fields and save the file under another name.
> > >>>> >>>
> > >>>> >>>     It looks as thought you have date-time as two fields. If
> > >so, you
> > >>>> >>> can
> > >>>> >>>     just read the first field if you only want the date:
> > >>>> >>>
> > >>>> >>>     # assume you have removed the first line
> > >>>> >>>     dadf<-read.table("xxx.txt",stringsAsFactors=FALSE
> > >>>> >>>     dadf$date<-as.Date(dadf$V1,format="%Y-%m-%d")
> > >>>> >>>
> > >>>> >>>     If you want the date/time:
> > >>>> >>>
> > >>>> >>>
> > >dadf$datetime<-strptime(paste(dadf$V1,dadf$V2),format="%Y-%m-%d
> > >>>> >>> %H:%M:%S")
> > >>>> >>>
> > >>>> >>>     Jim
> > >>>> >>>
> > >>>> >>>     On Tue, Jul 31, 2018 at 12:29 AM, Diego Avesani
> > >>>> >>> <diego.avesani using gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>>> >>>     > Dear all,
> > >>>> >>>     >
> > >>>> >>>     > I am dealing with the reading of a *.txt file.
> > >>>> >>>     > The txt file the following shape:
> > >>>> >>>     >
> > >>>> >>>     > 103001930 103001580 103001530
> > >>>> >>>     > 1998-10-01 00:00:00 0.6 0 0
> > >>>> >>>     > 1998-10-01 01:00:00 0.2 0.2 0.2
> > >>>> >>>     > 1998-10-01 02:00:00 0.6 0.2 0.4
> > >>>> >>>     > 1998-10-01 03:00:00 0 0 0.6
> > >>>> >>>     > 1998-10-01 04:00:00 0 0 0
> > >>>> >>>     > 1998-10-01 05:00:00 0 0 0
> > >>>> >>>     > 1998-10-01 06:00:00 0 0 0
> > >>>> >>>     > 1998-10-01 07:00:00 0.2 0 0
> > >>>> >>>     >
> > >>>> >>>     > If it is possible I have a coupe of questions, which will
> > >sound
> > >>>> >>> stupid but
> > >>>> >>>     > they are important to me in order to understand ho R deal
> > >with
> > >>>> >>> file
> > >>>> >>> or date.
> > >>>> >>>     >
> > >>>> >>>     > 1) Do I have to convert it to a *csv file?
> > >>>> >>>     > 2) Can a deal with space and not ","
> > >>>> >>>     > 3) How can I read date?
> > >>>> >>>     >
> > >>>> >>>     > thanks a lot to all of you,
> > >>>> >>>     > Thanks
> > >>>> >>>     >
> > >>>> >>>     >
> > >>>> >>>     > Diego
> > >>>> >>>     >
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> > >>>> >>>     >
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> > >>>> >>> code.
> > >>>> >>>
> > >>>> >>>
> > >>>> >>
> > >>>> >
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >
> > >______________________________________________
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