I am trying to change the format of my current data set to one that has 1 user per row, and which splits all the unique values (dynamic number of values) in the Color and Food columns into their own columns with Yes and No. Each user has a unique ID.
Current format:
ID | Name | Color | Food
1 | John | Blue | Pizza
1 | John | Red | Pizza
1 | John | Yellow | Pizza
1 | John | Blue | Ice Cream
1 | John | Red | Ice Cream
1 | John | Yellow | Ice Cream
2 | Kelly | Blue | Pizza
2 | Kelly | Red | Pizza
Desired format:
ID | Name | Color_Blue | Color_Red | Color_Yellow | Food_Pizza | Food_Ice Cream |
1 | John | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
2 | Kelly | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
library(dplyr); library(tidyr)
df %>%
pivot_longer(-c(ID:Name)) %>%
unite("col", c(name, value)) %>%
distinct(ID, Name, col) %>%
mutate(val = "Yes") %>%
pivot_wider(names_from = col, values_from = "val", values_fill = "No")
# A tibble: 2 x 7
ID Name Color_Blue Food_Pizza Color_Red Color_Yellow `Food_Ice Cream`
<chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr>
1 1 John Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
2 2 Kelly Yes Yes Yes No No
If you want a base R equivalent, here's one using the same steps. (Can someone please help me figure out how to remove the rownames and the "val." that gets appended to the final column names?)
df2 <- reshape(df,
direction = "long",
varying = c("Color", "Food"),
v.names = "Value",
timevar = "col_name",
times = c("Color", "Food"))
df2$col = paste(df2$col_name, df2$Value, sep = "_")
df3 <- unique(df2[c("ID", "Name", "col")])
df3$val = "Yes"
df4 <- reshape(df3,
direction = "wide",
idvar = c("ID", "Name"),
timevar = "col")
df4[is.na(df4)] <- "No"
> df4
ID Name val.Color_Blue val.Color_Red val.Color_Yellow val.Food_Pizza val.Food_Ice Cream
1.Color 1 John Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
7.Color 2 Kelly Yes Yes No Yes No
sample data
df <- tribble(~ID , ~Name , ~Color , ~Food,
"1" , "John", "Blue", "Pizza",
"1" , "John" , "Red", "Pizza",
"1" , "John", "Yellow", "Pizza",
"1" , "John" , "Blue", "Ice Cream",
"1" , "John", "Red", "Ice Cream",
"1" , "John" , "Yellow", "Ice Cream",
"2" , "Kelly", "Blue", "Pizza",
"2" , "Kelly", "Red", "Pizza")
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