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In this Notebook, we'll practice working with data frames including:
- using the built-in sample data frames that come with base R
- importing a csv file
- viewing the properties of a data frame
- grabbing individual columns
- filtering rows and columns with square bracket notation
- sorting rows
## Sample Data Frames
R comes with several sample data frames, for example `mtcars`.
```{r chunk01}
mtcars
```
Wondering where the `mtcars` data came from? Just like functions, sample datasets usually have their help pages. Run `?mtcars` to see where this one came from.
## Importing a CSV file
csv (comma separated values) is a common format for tabular data. You can import a csv file using base R with `read.csv()`.
Import *sf_libraries.csv* in the data directory:
```{r chunk02}
csv_fn <- "./data/ca_breweries.csv"
file.exists(csv_fn)
breweries_df <- read.csv(csv_fn)
head(breweries_df)
```
## Viewing the Properties of a Data Frame
You can view the number of **rows** and **columns** of a dataframe with `nrow()` and `ncol()`:
```{r chunk03}
nrow(breweries_df)
ncol(mtcars)
```
You can view the **names** of the columns in a data frame with names():
```{r chunk04}
names(mtcars)
```
The tibble package has a nice function called `glimpse()` that will show you the names, column types, and first few values for each column in a concise format:
```{r chunk05}
tibble::glimpse(mtcars)
```
## Grabbing Columns
You can grab a single column using the `$` operator.
Extract the values in the mpg column:
```{r chunk06}
mtcars$mpg
```
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## CHALLENGE: Compute the average mpg
Compute the average mpg of vehicles in mtcars. [Answer](http://bit.ly/310o8bW)
```{r chunk07}
# Your answer here
```
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## CHALLENGE: Summarise quakes dataframe
Answer the following questions about the `quakes` data frame, which has data about some earthquakes: [Answer](http://bit.ly/3eUoyIV)
1) How many rows and columns does it contain?
2) What is the average magnitude of the earthquakes recorded in this data frame?
3) What is the minimum and maximum latitude and longitude of the earthquakes in this dataset? (hint: look at the `range()` function)
4) In which year was the earliest earthquake recorded?
```{r chunk08}
# Your answer here
```
## Filtering rows and columns
You can filter (subset) rows and columns using square bracket notation. Example:
`my_df[rows-expression, cols-expression]`
To view the first 5 rows of `breweries_df`, we pass a vector of integers as the rows expression:
```{r chunk09}
quakes[1:5, ]
```
NOTE: You can omit the rows-expression or cols-expression, but you still need a comma instead the square brackets.
View every 5th row in quakes:
```{r chunk10}
quakes[ c(5, 10, 15, 20, 25), ]
```
To return rows that meet a certain condition, *rows* can be an expression that returns TRUE/FALSE values:
```{r chunk11}
## Quakes whose magnitude was >= 5.9
quakes[ quakes$mag >= 5.9, ]
```
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## CHALLENGE: 100-station Quakes
How many earthquakes were detected by 100 or more stations? [Answer](http://bit.ly/3s51wTq)
```{r chunk12}
# Your answer here
```
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## CHALLENGE: Largest earthquake on record
What was the largest earthquake on record? [Answer](http://bit.ly/391H7Hs)
```{r chunk13}
# Your answer here
```
## Sorting Rows
You can also use the rows expression to sort the rows. The key to this is using `order()`, which returns the indices of elements in a vector sorted:
```{r chunk14}
x <- c(50, 20, 70, 40, 90)
x
order(x)
```
To sort rows in a data frame, we simply pass a vector of integers in the desired order:
```{r chunk15}
quakes[ order(quakes$mag), ]
```
The *cols-expression* can be vector of integers (corresponding to column numbers you want returned), or a character vector containing column names. You can also use the cols-expression to reorder the columns.
Write an expression that will return the longitude and latitude columns only (in that order) for the biggest 10 earthquakes (by magnitude).
```{r chunk16}
mag_topten_idx <- order(quakes$mag, decreasing = TRUE)[1:10]
quakes[mag_topten_idx, ]
```
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## CHALLENGE: Average mpg
Using the mtcars data frame, compute the average mpg for 4, 6, and 8 cylinder vehicles. [Answer](http://bit.ly/3s6meSL)
```{r chunk17}
# Your answer here
```