I need to make different subsets from one data.frame, and then use these different subsets for subsequent actions.
Therefore, I need to give each subset a unique name. I tried writing different functions but could not figure out how.
Here I show the function for one subset, i.e. datsub:
run_subsets <- function(data, t) {
datsub <- data[eval(substitute(t),data), ]
}
run_subsets(data=dat, t=type=="AM", x=datsub1)
But I need to have different names for each different subset, so next to *datsub", e.g.,
datsub1datsub2, etc
What I tried already:
run_subsets <- function(data, t, x) {
datsub <- data[eval(substitute(t),data), ]
x <- datasub
}
run_subsets(data=dat, t=type=="AM", x=datsub1)
run_subsets <- function(data, t, x) {
datsub <- data[eval(substitute(t),data), ]
gsub("b", "x", "datsub")
run_subsets(data=dat, t=type=="AM", x=b1)
run_subsets <- function(data, t, x) {
datsub <- data[eval(substitute(t),data), ]
list(substitute(x)) <- datsub
run_subsets(data=dat, t=type=="AM", x=datsub1)
run_subsets <- function(data, t, x) {
datsub <<- data[eval(substitute(t),data), ]
data_name <- paste("datsub", x, sep=".")
assign(data_name, datsub)
save(list = data_name, file = paste0("datsub", scenario, ".Rdata"))
}
run_subsets(data=dat, t=type=="AM", x=datsub1)
and with quote()
and these also in combination with eval()
, and many others.
Could somebody help me?
Thank you in advance,
Roberto
PS I really searched a lot in internet and Stackoverflow and found a lot which looked promising but in this function it needs something else.