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On executing the above code, it produces the following result:
6.11 Data Frames
A data frame is the most common way of storing data in R and, generally, is the data structure most often used for
data analyses. Under this structure, a data frame is a list of equal-length vectors. As a result, data frames can store
different classes of objects in each column (i.e., numeric, character, and factor).
Factor: a factor in R is a data structure which is used to store categorical data.
A data frame is a table or a two-dimensional array-like structure in which each column contains values of one variable
and each row contains one set of values from each column.
To combine a number of vectors into a data frame, you simply add all vectors as arguments to the data. frame()
function is, separated by commas. R will create a data frame with the variables that are named the same as the vectors
used.
6.11.1 characteristics of a Data Frame
The following are the characteristics of a data frame:
• The column names must not be empty.
• The row names should be unique.
• The data stored in a data frame can be of any numeric, factor, or character type.
• Each column should contain the same number of data items.
6.11.2 creating Data Frame
Syntax of Data Frame
Dataframe1<-data.frame(first_col=c(val1,val2,….),
second_col=c(val1,val2,….),
third_col=c(val1,val2,val3,….),
….
)
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