Try this:

doset <- function(sameset) {
    do.call(rbind, lapply(unique(c(sameset$APID, sameset$BPID)),
        function(.pid) mix(sameset, .pid)))
}

On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 11:33 AM, Karin Lagesen <karinlag@studmed.uio.no>
wrote:

>
> I have a function that creates a list based on some clustered data:
>
> mix <- function(Y, pid) {
> hc = gethc(Y,pid)
> maxheight = max(hc$height)
> noingrp = processhc(hc)
> one = noingrp$one
> two = noingrp$two
> twoisone = "one"
> if (two != 1)
>  twoisone = "more"
> out = list(pid = pid,one = noingrp$one, two = noingrp$two, diff =
> maxheight, noseqs = length(hc$labels), twogrp = twoisone)
> return(out)
> }
>
> example result:
>
> > mix(tsus_same, 77)
> $pid
> [1] 77
>
> $one
> [1] 9
>
> $two
> [1] 2
>
> $diff
> [1] 8.577195
>
> $noseqs
> [1] 11
>
> $twogrp
> [1] "more"
>
> >
>
> I then use this function in another function that just runs this
> function through a lot of data:
>
>
> doset <- function(sameset) {
> pids = unique(c(sameset$APID, sameset$BPID))
> for (f in pids) {
>  oputframe = data.frame(rbind(oputframe, mix(sameset, f)))
>  }
> return(oputframe)
> }
>
> All values except $twogrp are numbers. There are two possible values
> for $twogrp, "one" and "more". the first one is more common and gets
> added to the data frame first. The result is that I cannot add the
> rows where this is "more" without getting
>
> 38: In `[<-.factor`(`*tmp*`, ri, value = "more") :
>  invalid factor level, NAs generated
>
>
> Now, this is a pain in the neck. How can I merge these lists to the
> data frame and still have the value $twogrp as a factor?
>
> Thanks, and I hope my code makes some sense!
>
> Karin
> --
> Karin Lagesen, PhD student
> karin.lagesen@medisin.uio.no
> http://folk.uio.no/karinlag
>
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