R Data Frames

Data frames are objects that store data into a table with two dimensions represented by columns and rows. The columns are the different characteristics and the rows are instances of a set of characteristics. Data frames are useful for storing different data types.

Creating Data Frames

Data frames can be created using the data.frame() function.

Syntax

data.frame(arguments)

The arguments are the list of vectors with the values for each column of the data frame.

Note: Each vector should be of the same length.

Example

The following example creates a data frame using a sample of team stats then prints it:

team_stats <- data.frame(Team = c("Aces", "Sky", "Mystics", "Storm", "Sun", "Liberty", "Wings", "Mercury"),
                         Games_Played = c( 6, 7, 2, 6, 7, 3, 3, 2),
                         Wins = c(5, 4, 0, 3, 4, 1, 1, 0),
                         Losses = c(1, 3, 2, 3, 3, 2, 2, 2),
                         Win_Percentage = c(.833, .571, .000, .500, .571, .333, .333, .000))

print(team_stats)

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The example above will print the following:

     Team Games_Played Wins Losses Win_Percentage
1    Aces            6    5      1          0.833
2     Sky            7    4      3          0.571
3 Mystics            2    0      2          0.000
4   Storm            6    3      3          0.500
5     Sun            7    4      3          0.571
6 Liberty            3    1      2          0.333
7   Wings            3    1      2          0.333
8 Mercury            2    0      2          0.000

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Other Operations

There are several functions that can be used for analyzing data frames. Some are listed below: