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---
title: 'Data Analysis 3: Week 8'
author: "Alexey Bessudnov"
date: "4 March 2020"
output: github_document
---
```{r setup, include=FALSE}
knitr::opts_chunk$set(echo = TRUE)
knitr::opts_chunk$set(message = FALSE)
knitr::opts_chunk$set(warning = FALSE)
knitr::opts_chunk$set(cache = TRUE)
```
Plan for today:
Functions.
1) Simple functions.
2) The use of arguments.
3) Conditional execution.
4) Global and local environments.
5) Recursion.
6) Functions with pipes and dplyr.
7) Functions in applied social data analysis.
8) Homework for next week: iteration.
Exercise 1. Write a function to calculate the mean of a numeric vector.
```{r}
myMean <- function(x) {sum(x) / length(x)}
myMean(1:10)
mean(1:10)
```
Execise 2. Write a conditional statement that checks if a vector is numeric, prints its first element if it is and prints its last element if it isn't.
```{r}
x <- 1:5
if (is.numeric(x)){
x[1]
} else {
x[length(x)]
}
```
Exercise 3. Modify myMean to include an extra argument to deal with missing values.
```{r}
myMean2 <- function(x, rm.missing = FALSE) {
if (rm.missing) {
x <- na.omit(x)
}
sum(x) / length(x)
}
myMean(1:10)
myMean2(c(1:10, NA))
myMean2(c(1:10, NA), rm.missing = TRUE)
```
Exercise 4. Modify this function to return an error when the vector is not numeric.
```{r}
myMean3 <- function(x, rm.missing = FALSE) {
if (!is.numeric(x)) {
stop("The vector is not numeric.")
}
if (rm.missing) {
x <- na.omit(x)
}
sum(x) / length(x)
}
# myMean3(c(1:10, "a"))
```
Global and local environments.
```{r}
ls()
y <- 1:5
print_y <- function(){
print(y)
}
print_y()
print_y2 <- function(){
y <- 1:10
print(y)
}
print_y2()
y
```
Exercise 5. Modify this function so that it saves the mean in the environment with the name "meanx". (Hint: think about environments.)
```{r}
myMean(1:10)
# meanx <- myMean(1:10)
myMean4 <- function(x) {
meanx <<- sum(x) / length(x)
meanx
}
myMean4(1:10)
```
Exercise 6. Write a function to calculate the factorial (i.e. 5! = 1x2x3x4x5). Note that 0! = 1, and for the negative numbers the factorial is not defined. (Hint: use recursion.)
```{r}
myFactorial <- function(x){
if (x == 0) {return(1)}
x * myFactorial(x-1)
}
myFactorial(4)
```
Functions with dplyr: see https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/dplyr/vignettes/programming.html
```{r}
library(tidyverse)
rm(list = ls())
# Create two tibbles with a similar structure
data1 <- tibble(x1 = c(rep("a", 3), rep("b", 3), rep("c", 3)),
x2 = c(rep(letters[1:3], 3)),
y = rpois(9, 5)) %>%
mutate(y2 = y^2)
data2 <- tibble(x1 = c(rep("a", 3), rep("b", 3), rep("c", 3)),
x2 = c(rep(letters[1:3], 3)),
y = rpois(9, 5)) %>%
mutate(y2 = y^2)
# Find mean y grouping by x1
data1 %>%
group_by(x1) %>%
summarise(
mean_y = mean(y)
)
# Can we make a function for this?
mean_y <- function(df){
df %>%
group_by(x1) %>%
summarise(
mean_y = mean(y)
)
}
mean_y(data1)
mean_y(data2)
# Can we add the grouping variable interactively?
mean_y2 <- function(df, groupVar){
df %>%
group_by(groupVar) %>%
summarise(
mean_y = mean(y)
)
}
# mean_y(data1, x1)
# This is not working.
mean_y3 <- function(df, groupVar){
groupVar <- enquo(groupVar)
df %>%
group_by(!! groupVar) %>%
summarise(
mean_y = mean(y)
)
}
mean_y3(data1, x1)
mean_y3(data1, x2)
# You may also want to change expressions in a function.
data1 %>%
group_by(x1) %>%
summarise(
mean_y = mean(y)
)
data1 %>%
group_by(x1) %>%
summarise(
mean_y = mean(y + y2)
)
mean_y4 <- function(df, groupVar, expr){
groupVar <- enquo(groupVar)
df %>%
group_by(!! groupVar) %>%
summarise(
mean_y = mean(expr)
)
}
# mean_y4(data1, x1, y)
# not working
mean_y5 <- function(df, groupVar, expr){
groupVar <- enquo(groupVar)
expr <- enquo(expr)
df %>%
group_by(!! groupVar) %>%
summarise(
mean_y = mean(!! expr)
)
}
mean_y5(data1, x1, y)
mean_y5(data1, x1, y + y2)
```