How to Count Unique Values by Group in R

Counting unique observations by single or multiple groups in R

What do you mean by counting unique values by group? Well, it means you divide the dataset into subsets based on the values of one or more categorical variables (columns), and within each subset, you determine the number of distinct (unique) values in a specific column. Here are three ways to count unique values by group: … Read more

How to Calculate Percentage by Group in R Data Frame

Calculating percentage by group in R data frame

To calculate the percentage by the group in R, you need to combine various dplyr functions such as  group_by(), summarise(), mutate(), and ungroup(). Percentage by group means calculating the percentage of a variable within each group defined by another variable in a dataset. Here is the core concept behind it: First, you must divide your data … Read more

How to Convert Date to Numeric in R

Converting Date to Numeric Value in R

Dates in R are stored as the number of days since 1970-01-01, so converting a Date object to a Numeric gives those day counts. But what about POSIXct? Well, those are stored as seconds since the same epoch, so converting them would give a much larger number. Here are three ways to convert Date to … Read more

How to Remove NULL from List and Nested List in R

Removing NULL from List and Nested List in R

NULL represents a null object, and sometimes, it’s logical for the project to filter it out from either a list or data frame. Here are three ways to remove NULL values from a list in R: Using Filter() with Negate() and is.null() Using sapply() or lapply() with Subsetting Using purrr::discard() (Tidyverse Approach) For example, if … Read more