创建新变量的 R 数据框

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我有一个包含大约1.5百万行和5列的数据框。其中一个变量(VARIABLE)是类型为NATIONALITY_YEAR的(例如SPAIN_1998),我想将其拆分成两列:一列包含国籍,即下划线之前名称的左侧;另一列包含年份,即下划线右侧。我尝试使用concat.split,应该是最简单的方法:

aa <- concat.split(mydata, "VARIABLE", sep = "_", drop = F)

但是运行了两个小时后没有输出,我不确定是否应该让它运行更长的时间或者是否有一种非耗时的方法来解决这个问题。

非常感谢对此问题的任何帮助!

这里提供一个可重复的(子集!)示例:

mydata<-  structure(list(PROVINCE = c(1L, 4L, 7L, 8L, 11L, 14L, 17L, 20L, 
24L, 28L, 30L, 33L, 36L, 41L, 44L, 46L, 48L, 3L, 6L, 8L, 10L, 
13L, 15L, 18L, 23L, 26L, 29L, 31L, 35L, 38L, 41L, 46L, 47L, 2L, 
4L, 8L, 8L, 11L, 15L, 17L, 21L, 24L, 28L, 30L, 33L, 37L, 41L, 
45L, 46L, 49L, 3L, 6L, 8L, 10L, 13L, 15L, 19L, 23L, 27L, 29L, 
32L, 36L, 39L, 43L, 46L, 48L, 2L, 5L, 8L, 8L, 12L, 15L, 18L, 
21L, 24L, 28L, 30L, 33L, 37L, 41L, 45L, 46L, 50L, 3L, 7L, 8L, 
10L, 14L, 16L, 20L, 23L, 27L, 29L, 32L, 36L, 39L, 43L, 46L, 48L, 
3L, 6L, 8L, 8L, 12L, 15L, 18L, 21L, 25L, 28L, 31L, 34L, 38L, 
41L, 45L, 46L, 50L, 3L, 7L, 8L, 11L, 14L, 17L, 20L, 23L, 27L, 
29L, 33L, 36L, 40L, 43L, 46L, 48L, 3L, 6L, 8L, 9L, 12L, 15L, 
18L, 22L, 25L, 28L, 31L, 35L, 38L, 41L, 45L, 46L, 50L, 4L, 7L, 
8L, 11L, 14L, 17L, 20L, 24L, 28L, 30L, 33L, 36L, 41L, 43L, 46L, 
48L, 3L, 6L, 8L, 10L, 13L, 15L, 18L, 22L, 26L, 28L, 31L, 35L, 
38L, 41L, 46L, 47L, 1L, 4L, 8L, 8L, 11L, 14L, 17L, 20L, 24L, 
28L, 30L, 33L, 36L, 41L, 44L, 46L, 49L, 3L, 6L), AGE5 = structure(c(1L, 
5L, 9L, 7L, 6L, 7L, 5L, 8L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 5L, 8L, 2L, 3L, 6L, 9L, 
5L, 7L, 4L, 3L, 5L, 8L, 8L, 2L, 8L, 2L, 9L, 7L, 9L, 9L, 2L, 7L, 
2L, 9L, 1L, 8L, 8L, 1L, 8L, 1L, 6L, 4L, 6L, 7L, 2L, 3L, 1L, 7L, 
5L, 6L, 9L, 5L, 6L, 8L, 9L, 3L, 4L, 3L, 4L, 4L, 1L, 3L, 1L, 2L, 
2L, 6L, 6L, 2L, 9L, 2L, 2L, 1L, 5L, 9L, 5L, 8L, 9L, 7L, 4L, 3L, 
7L, 2L, 8L, 2L, 6L, 9L, 1L, 5L, 1L, 6L, 6L, 6L, 7L, 3L, 6L, 3L, 
3L, 4L, 1L, 1L, 2L, 9L, 6L, 4L, 3L, 8L, 3L, 7L, 1L, 5L, 2L, 6L, 
6L, 8L, 5L, 9L, 5L, 6L, 2L, 3L, 1L, 4L, 8L, 9L, 8L, 1L, 5L, 1L, 
6L, 4L, 6L, 2L, 3L, 3L, 5L, 9L, 5L, 5L, 4L, 7L, 8L, 4L, 2L, 5L, 
7L, 8L, 9L, 8L, 3L, 7L, 7L, 5L, 6L, 3L, 6L, 1L, 2L, 2L, 3L, 7L, 
1L, 9L, 5L, 8L, 4L, 5L, 4L, 1L, 3L, 7L, 7L, 9L, 3L, 9L, 7L, 5L, 
7L, 8L, 1L, 4L, 4L, 6L, 1L, 8L, 7L, 8L, 6L, 8L, 4L, 3L, 4L, 5L, 
9L, 2L, 6L, 6L, 1L, 5L, 7L), .Label = c("10-14", "15-19", "20-24", 
"25-29", "30-34", "35-39", "40-44", "45-49", "50-54"), class = "factor"), 
ZONA91OK = c(101L, 4079L, 712L, 8205L, 11022L, 14021L, 1714L, 
20067L, 2414L, 2810L, 300799L, 3305L, 36026L, 41024L, 4405L, 
4607L, 48015L, 308L, 610L, 8121L, 1006L, 1307L, 1511L, 1813L, 
2308L, 2605L, 2910L, 310799L, 35026L, 3811L, 411199L, 4601L, 
4708L, 202L, 405L, 8015L, 837L, 11033L, 1502L, 1702L, 2112L, 
2408L, 28047L, 30015L, 3305L, 3709L, 410199L, 4511L, 1202L, 
490699L, 3063L, 610L, 827L, 1006L, 1301L, 15036L, 1901L, 
2310L, 2709L, 29025L, 3201L, 36008L, 390899L, 4301L, 46184L, 
4805L, 206L, 504L, 817L, 813L, 12135L, 1519L, 1810L, 2104L, 
2402L, 28130L, 30030L, 3305L, 3707L, 411399L, 45165L, 46181L, 
5008L, 305L, 7026L, 803L, 1006L, 1413L, 16078L, 200999L, 
2312L, 2712L, 29069L, 3210L, 3616L, 391199L, 4313L, 46105L, 
4805L, 310L, 6153L, 8252L, 8205L, 1205L, 1505L, 1808L, 2110L, 
2508L, 2810L, 311399L, 3405L, 3807L, 41024L, 4507L, 46102L, 
500599L, 3014L, 706L, 8121L, 11028L, 14042L, 1712L, 20045L, 
2314L, 27031L, 29901L, 33024L, 3614L, 400199L, 4307L, 46021L, 
4805L, 3066L, 6153L, 8015L, 901L, 12040L, 1522L, 1806L, 2203L, 
2508L, 28047L, 311099L, 35004L, 3801L, 410199L, 4515L, 46017L, 
501199L, 407L, 7027L, 827L, 1102L, 1404L, 17155L, 200599L, 
24089L, 2812L, 30019L, 33024L, 3612L, 41038L, 4301L, 4628L, 
4805L, 307L, 6153L, 817L, 1004L, 1309L, 1508L, 1804L, 2206L, 
2606L, 28130L, 310799L, 35011L, 38022L, 411399L, 4622L, 4701L, 
1036L, 4079L, 807L, 803L, 1108L, 1410L, 1708L, 201399L, 2410L, 
28058L, 30043L, 33024L, 3610L, 410399L, 4401L, 4621L, 490499L, 
3059L, 6153L), VARIABLE = structure(c(1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 
1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 
2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 3L, 3L, 
3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 
4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 
4L, 5L, 5L, 5L, 5L, 5L, 5L, 5L, 5L, 5L, 5L, 5L, 5L, 5L, 5L, 
5L, 5L, 5L, 6L, 6L, 6L, 6L, 6L, 6L, 6L, 6L, 6L, 6L, 6L, 6L, 
6L, 6L, 6L, 6L, 7L, 7L, 7L, 7L, 7L, 7L, 7L, 7L, 7L, 7L, 7L, 
7L, 7L, 7L, 7L, 7L, 7L, 8L, 8L, 8L, 8L, 8L, 8L, 8L, 8L, 8L, 
8L, 8L, 8L, 8L, 8L, 8L, 8L, 9L, 9L, 9L, 9L, 9L, 9L, 9L, 9L, 
9L, 9L, 9L, 9L, 9L, 9L, 9L, 9L, 9L, 10L, 10L, 10L, 10L, 10L, 
10L, 10L, 10L, 10L, 10L, 10L, 10L, 10L, 10L, 10L, 10L, 11L, 
11L, 11L, 11L, 11L, 11L, 11L, 11L, 11L, 11L, 11L, 11L, 11L, 
11L, 11L, 11L, 12L, 12L, 12L, 12L, 12L, 12L, 12L, 12L, 12L, 
12L, 12L, 12L, 12L, 12L, 12L, 12L, 12L, 13L, 13L), .Label = c("SPAIN_1998", 
"EU15DC_1998", "ROE_1998", "MAGREB_1998", "SSA_1998", "LA_1998", 
"ASIA_1998", "ROW_1998", "Total_1998", "SPAIN_1999", "EU15DC_1999", 
"ROE_1999", "MAGREB_1999", "SSA_1999", "LA_1999", "ASIA_1999", 
"ROW_1999", "Total_1999", "SPAIN_2000", "EU15DC_2000", "ROE_2000", 
"MAGREB_2000", "SSA_2000", "LA_2000", "ASIA_2000", "ROW_2000", 
"Total_2000", "SPAIN_2001", "EU15DC_2001", "ROE_2001", "MAGREB_2001", 
"SSA_2001", "LA_2001", "ASIA_2001", "ROW_2001", "Total_2001", 
"SPAIN_2002", "EU15DC_2002", "ROE_2002", "MAGREB_2002", "SSA_2002", 
"LA_2002", "ASIA_2002", "ROW_2002", "Total_2002", "SPAIN_2003", 
"EU15DC_2003", "ROE_2003", "MAGREB_2003", "SSA_2003", "LA_2003", 
"ASIA_2003", "ROW_2003", "Total_2003", "SPAIN_2004", "EU15DC_2004", 
"ROE_2004", "MAGREB_2004", "SSA_2004", "LA_2004", "ASIA_2004", 
"ROW_2004", "Total_2004", "SPAIN_2005", "EU15DC_2005", "ROE_2005", 
"MAGREB_2005", "SSA_2005", "LA_2005", "ASIA_2005", "ROW_2005", 
"Total_2005", "SPAIN_2006", "EU15DC_2006", "ROE_2006", "MAGREB_2006", 
"SSA_2006", "LA_2006", "ASIA_2006", "ROW_2006", "Total_2006", 
"SPAIN_2007", "EU15DC_2007", "ROE_2007", "MAGREB_2007", "SSA_2007", 
"LA_2007", "ASIA_2007", "ROW_2007", "Total_2007", "SPAIN_2008", 
"EU15DC_2008", "ROE_2008", "MAGREB_2008", "SSA_2008", "LA_2008", 
"ASIA_2008", "ROW_2008", "Total_2008", "SPAIN_2009", "EU15DC_2009", 
"ROE_2009", "MAGREB_2009", "SSA_2009", "LA_2009", "ASIA_2009", 
"ROW_2009", "Total_2009", "SPAIN_2010", "EU15DC_2010", "ROE_2010", 
"MAGREB_2010", "SSA_2010", "LA_2010", "ASIA_2010", "ROW_2010", 
"Total_2010", "SPAIN_2011", "EU15DC_2011", "ROE_2011", "MAGREB_2011", 
"SSA_2011", "LA_2011", "ASIA_2011", "ROW_2011", "Total_2011", 
"SPAIN_2012", "EU15DC_2012", "ROE_2012", "MAGREB_2012", "SSA_2012", 
"LA_2012", "ASIA_2012", "ROW_2012", "Total_2012", "NOTSPAIN_1998", 
"NOTSPAIN_1999", "NOTSPAIN_2000", "NOTSPAIN_2001", "NOTSPAIN_2002", 
"NOTSPAIN_2003", "NOTSPAIN_2004", "NOTSPAIN_2005", "NOTSPAIN_2006", 
"NOTSPAIN_2007", "NOTSPAIN_2008", "NOTSPAIN_2009", "NOTSPAIN_2010", 
"NOTSPAIN_2011", "NOTSPAIN_2012", "AFRICA_1998", "AFRICA_1999", 
"AFRICA_2000", "AFRICA_2001", "AFRICA_2002", "AFRICA_2003", 
"AFRICA_2004", "AFRICA_2005", "AFRICA_2006", "AFRICA_2007", 
"AFRICA_2008", "AFRICA_2009", "AFRICA_2010", "AFRICA_2011", 
"AFRICA_2012", "DWC_1998", "DWC_1999", "DWC_2000", "DWC_2001", 
"DWC_2002", "DWC_2003", "DWC_2004", "DWC_2005", "DWC_2006", 
"DWC_2007", "DWC_2008", "DWC_2009", "DWC_2010", "DWC_2011", 
"DWC_2012"), class = "factor"), FREQUENCY = c(614, 1943, 
59, 201, 188, 10859, 93, 
1494, 60, 1001, 1000, 689, 675, 934, 51, 
1240, 165, 13, 0, 14, 2, 2, 
2, 0, 3, 0, 40, 1, 18, 41, 1, 0, 3, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 
0, 0, 0, 0, 7, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 80, 0, 
0, 0, 4, 0, 0, 15, 0, 0, 1, 1, 3, 4, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 
0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 1, 0, 0, 2, 11, 0, 0, 0, 3, 2, 1, 5, 
64, 1, 4, 1, 3, 4, 8, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 
0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 
0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2173, 907, 9059, 839, 
4303, 100, 1727, 663, 694, 1210, 623, 
1261, 772, 697, 490, 1031, 490, 956, 704, 
1293, 1011, 739, 927, 755, 3340, 1190, 1254, 12880, 528, 
3244, 277, 892, 837, 1, 2, 10, 1, 1, 2, 2, 0, 0, 1, 8, 3, 
12, 0, 2, 1, 0, 4, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 12, 0, 7, 0, 0, 0, 
0, 0, 5, 2)), .Names = c("PROVINCE", "AGE5", "ZONA91OK", 
"VARIABLE", "FREQUENCY"), row.names = c(1L, 501L, 1001L, 1501L, 
2001L, 2501L, 3001L, 3501L, 4001L, 4501L, 5001L, 5501L, 6001L, 
6501L, 7001L, 7501L, 8001L, 8501L, 9001L, 9501L, 10001L, 10501L, 
11001L, 11501L, 12001L, 12501L, 13001L, 13501L, 14001L, 14501L, 
15001L, 15501L, 16001L, 16501L, 17001L, 17501L, 18001L, 18501L, 
19001L, 19501L, 20001L, 20501L, 21001L, 21501L, 22001L, 22501L, 
23001L, 23501L, 24001L, 24501L, 25001L, 25501L, 26001L, 26501L, 
27001L, 27501L, 28001L, 28501L, 29001L, 29501L, 30001L, 30501L, 
31001L, 31501L, 32001L, 32501L, 33001L, 33501L, 34001L, 34501L, 
35001L, 35501L, 36001L, 36501L, 37001L, 37501L, 38001L, 38501L, 
39001L, 39501L, 40001L, 40501L, 41001L, 41501L, 42001L, 42501L, 
43001L, 43501L, 44001L, 44501L, 45001L, 45501L, 46001L, 46501L, 
47001L, 47501L, 48001L, 48501L, 49001L, 49501L, 50001L, 50501L, 
51001L, 51501L, 52001L, 52501L, 53001L, 53501L, 54001L, 54501L, 
55001L, 55501L, 56001L, 56501L, 57001L, 57501L, 58001L, 58501L, 
59001L, 59501L, 60001L, 60501L, 61001L, 61501L, 62001L, 62501L, 
63001L, 63501L, 64001L, 64501L, 65001L, 65501L, 66001L, 66501L, 
67001L, 67501L, 68001L, 68501L, 69001L, 69501L, 70001L, 70501L, 
71001L, 71501L, 72001L, 72501L, 73001L, 73501L, 74001L, 74501L, 
75001L, 75501L, 76001L, 76501L, 77001L, 77501L, 78001L, 78501L, 
79001L, 79501L, 80001L, 80501L, 81001L, 81501L, 82001L, 82501L, 
83001L, 83501L, 84001L, 84501L, 85001L, 85501L, 86001L, 86501L, 
87001L, 87501L, 88001L, 88501L, 89001L, 89501L, 90001L, 90501L, 
91001L, 91501L, 92001L, 92501L, 93001L, 93501L, 94001L, 94501L, 
95001L, 95501L, 96001L, 96501L, 97001L, 97501L, 98001L, 98501L, 
99001L, 99501L), class = "data.frame")

老实说,我从来没有尝试过在150万行数据上运行我的函数 :( 不过我会研究一下的。 - A5C1D2H2I1M1N2O1R2T1
感谢您提出这个问题。我希望更新后的函数对您更加方便,我会考虑将该函数更新到软件包中,或者至少提供另一种选择。 - A5C1D2H2I1M1N2O1R2T1
3个回答

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尝试使用以下方法代替:
library(data.table)
dt = data.table(mydata)

dt[, `:=`(NATIONALITY = sub('(.*)_(.*)', '\\1', VARIABLE),
          YEAR        = sub('(.*)_(.*)', '\\2', VARIABLE))]

@Codoremifa 它指向第一组括号中的正则表达式匹配。 - eddi
@Codoremifa 第一个 sub 通过第一个括号中匹配的表达式,替换掉了 (.*)_(.*) 所匹配的部分 - 这部分是国籍(第二个 sub 将其替换为第二个 (.*) 匹配到的年份)。 - eddi
非常好,我不知道那个。谢谢。如果我有一个字符串,像"Spain_1998_something1_something2_something3",我需要使用5次子字符串。 使用strsplit会更有效吗? - TheComeOnMan
2
如果有足够的重复,使用 by=VARIABLE 进行操作是值得的,对吧? - Frank
1
@Codoremifa, eddi,strsplit不是这里的瓶颈(使用fixed=TRUE)。问题在于as.character(.)。直接使用fread加载您的data.table,它将成为一个字符向量,然后使用带有fixed=TRUE参数的strsplit。然后将它们rbindcbind到您的data.table中,并在最后命名它们。这样应该更快。 - Arun
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看起来我需要研究更新我的“concat.split”函数!
你尝试使用的该函数版本使用了“read.table”,它在处理大型数据集时往往会出现问题。我之前使用了“read.table”,因为它有一个方便的“text”参数,可以让您指定一个“data.frame”中的列作为输入。当处理较小的数据集时,这非常方便,但显然不能处理更大的数据集 :)
据我所知,“data.table”包中的“fread”没有类似的功能,但由于R往往能够快速写入文件,所以我认为值得尝试与“read.table”不同的方法来尝试使用“fread”代替“read.table”进行操作“concat.split”。
这里是概念:
  1. 将需要拆分的变量写入新文件。
  2. 使用高速的“fread”读取回来。
  3. 等待“fread”在某个地方得到“text”参数?
这里是该概念的函数形式(根据@eddi在评论中的建议进行了更新):
csDataTable <- function(dataset, splitcol, sep, drop = FALSE) {
  if (is.numeric(splitcol)) splitcol <- names(dataset)[splitcol]
  if (!is.data.table(dataset)) dataset <- data.table(dataset)
  if (sep == ".") {
    dataset[, (splitcol) := gsub(".", "|", get(splitcol), fixed = TRUE)]
    sep <- "|"
  }
  if (!is.character(dataset[[splitcol]])) {
    dataset[, (splitcol) := as.character(get(splitcol))]
  }
  x <- tempfile()
  writeLines(dataset[[splitcol]], x)
  Split <- fread(x, sep=sep, header = FALSE)
  setnames(Split, paste(splitcol, seq_along(Split), sep = "_"))
  if (isTRUE(drop)) dataset[, (splitcol) := NULL]
  cbind(dataset, Split)
}

以下是函数的实际应用示例:

## Expand your sample data to 1.5 million rows to test
out <- mydata[rep(rownames(mydata), 1500000/nrow(mydata)), ]

csDataTable(out, "VARIABLE", "_")
#          PROVINCE  AGE5 ZONA91OK    VARIABLE FREQUENCY VARIABLE_1 VARIABLE_2
#       1:        1 10-14      101  SPAIN_1998       614      SPAIN       1998
#       2:        4 30-34     4079  SPAIN_1998      1943      SPAIN       1998
#       3:        7 50-54      712  SPAIN_1998        59      SPAIN       1998
#       4:        8 40-44     8205  SPAIN_1998       201      SPAIN       1998
#       5:       11 35-39    11022  SPAIN_1998       188      SPAIN       1998
#      ---                                                                    
# 1499996:       44 35-39     4401    ROE_1999         0        ROE       1999
# 1499997:       46 35-39     4621    ROE_1999         0        ROE       1999
# 1499998:       49 10-14   490499    ROE_1999         0        ROE       1999
# 1499999:        3 30-34     3059 MAGREB_1999         5     MAGREB       1999
# 1500000:        6 40-44     6153 MAGREB_1999         2     MAGREB       1999

在这项测试中,解决方案的表现比我预期的要好得多:

subFun <- function() {
  dt = data.table(out)
  dt[, `:=`(NATIONALITY = sub('(.*)_(.*)', '\\1', VARIABLE),
            YEAR        = sub('(.*)_(.*)', '\\2', VARIABLE))]
} 
freadFun <- function() {
  csDataTable(out, "VARIABLE", "_")
}

library(microbenchmark)
microbenchmark(subFun(), freadFun(), times = 20)
# Unit: seconds
#        expr      min       lq   median       uq      max neval
#    subFun() 3.814174 4.244820 4.273834 4.345358 4.480520    20
#  freadFun() 1.356533 2.064262 2.152159 2.226465 2.300886    20

不错,你不需要使用eval,只需(splitcol):= ...就可以工作了,你可能想要使用tempfile() - eddi
@eddi,我已经在函数中实现了你的建议,它们使函数更加高效。谢谢! - A5C1D2H2I1M1N2O1R2T1

3
这里有一些关于分裂因子标签的解决方案。
VARIABLE_LEVELS <- cbind("VARIABLE"=levels(mydata$VARIABLE),
                         as.data.frame(do.call("rbind",
                                       strsplit(levels(mydata$VARIABLE), split="_")))
mydata <- merge(mydata, VARIABLE_LEVELS)
#
# Insted of merege you can use VARIABLE (in mydata) as index
#
mydata <- cbind(mydata, VARIABLE_LEVELS[as.integer(mydata$VARIABLE),c("V1","V2")])

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