R cbind (column bind) is a function that combines specified vectors, matrices, or data frames by columns, creating a new matrix or data frame where the input objects are placed side by side.
cbind(..., deparse.level = 1)
Argument | Description |
… | It represents the objects that we need to combine column-wise. It can be anything from vectors, matrices, to data frames. |
deparse.level | It governs how column names are generated from the input. |
Let’s merge two data frames by columns.
df1 <- data.frame(col1 = c(1, 2, 3), col2 = c(11, 19, 21))
df2 <- data.frame(col3 = c(10, 18, 46), col4 = c(5, 15, 25))
# Appending df2 to df1 using cbind() function
df_new <- cbind(df1, df2)
# View the updated data frame
print(df_new)
Let’s combine a vector and a data frame. The vector will be appended as a new column of the data frame. So, if your input data frame has two columns, the output data frame would have three columns.
df1 <- data.frame(col1 = c(1, 2, 3), col2 = c(11, 19, 21))
col3 <- c(10, 18, 46)
# Append the vectors as new rows to the data frame
df_new <- cbind(df1, col3)
# View the updated data frame
print(df_new)
We can append two vectors to an existing data frame. Both vectors will be appended as two new columns of the data frame.
df <- data.frame(c1 = c(1, 2, 3, 4),
c2 = c(5, 6, 7, 8),
c3 = c(9, 10, 11, 12))
c4 <- c(18, 19, 20, 21)
c5 <- c(29, 46, 47, 37)
cat("After adding multiple columns using cbind()", "\n")
newDf <- cbind(df, c4, c5)
print(newDf)
We can also combine multiple vectors into a data frame using the cbind() method.
a <- c(1, 2, 3)
b <- c(4, 5, 6)
mat <- cbind(a, b)
d <- c(7, 8, 9)
matrx <- cbind(mat, d)
print(matrx)
Output
a b d
[1,] 1 4 7
[2,] 2 5 8
[3,] 3 6 9
We can combine a vector with a single value or a shorter vector.
x <- c(1, 2, 3)
y <- 10
combined_vec <- cbind(x, y)
print(combined_vec)
# Output:
# x y
# 1 10
# 2 10
# 3 10
You can see from the above code that the single value y = 10 is recycled to match the length of x, creating a matrix with two columns.
Let’s control how column names are assigned.
x <- c(1, 2, 3)
y <- c(4, 5, 6)
# Default: deparse.level = 1
result1 <- cbind(x, y)
print(colnames(result1))
# Output: [1] "x" "y"
# No names: deparse.level = 0
result2 <- cbind(x, y, deparse.level = 0)
print(colnames(result2))
# Output: NULL
With deparse.level = 1, column names are derived from the variable names (x, y). With deparse.level = 0; No names are assigned.
That’s it!
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