Data Frames with Persistent Columns and Attributes.

stickyr

stickyr provides data frames that hold certain columns and attributes persistently for data processing in dplyr. It can also hide specific columns.

Installation

install.packages("stickyr")

Development version

You can install the development version of stickyr from GitHub with:

# install.packages("devtools")
devtools::install_github("UchidaMizuki/stickyr")

Example

library(stickyr)
library(dplyr)

sticky_starwars <- new_sticky_tibble(dplyr::starwars,
                                     cols = c(height, mass, birth_year),
                                     col_show = !birth_year,
                                     col_summary = list(height = mean,
                                                        mass = sum,
                                                        birth_year = median))

sticky_starwars
#> # A tibble: 87 × 13
#> # Stickers: height, mass
#>    name  height  mass hair_…¹ skin_…² eye_c…³ sex   gender homew…⁴ species films
#>    <chr>  <int> <dbl> <chr>   <chr>   <chr>   <chr> <chr>  <chr>   <chr>   <lis>
#>  1 Luke…    172    77 blond   fair    blue    male  mascu… Tatooi… Human   <chr>
#>  2 C-3PO    167    75 <NA>    gold    yellow  none  mascu… Tatooi… Droid   <chr>
#>  3 R2-D2     96    32 <NA>    white,… red     none  mascu… Naboo   Droid   <chr>
#>  4 Dart…    202   136 none    white   yellow  male  mascu… Tatooi… Human   <chr>
#>  5 Leia…    150    49 brown   light   brown   fema… femin… Aldera… Human   <chr>
#>  6 Owen…    178   120 brown,… light   blue    male  mascu… Tatooi… Human   <chr>
#>  7 Beru…    165    75 brown   light   blue    fema… femin… Tatooi… Human   <chr>
#>  8 R5-D4     97    32 <NA>    white,… red     none  mascu… Tatooi… Droid   <chr>
#>  9 Bigg…    183    84 black   light   brown   male  mascu… Tatooi… Human   <chr>
#> 10 Obi-…    182    77 auburn… fair    blue-g… male  mascu… Stewjon Human   <chr>
#> # … with 77 more rows, 2 more variables: vehicles <list>, starships <list>, and
#> #   abbreviated variable names ¹​hair_color, ²​skin_color, ³​eye_color, ⁴​homeworld

Select data

sticky_starwars |> 
  select(name, species)
#> # A tibble: 87 × 4
#> # Stickers: height, mass
#>    name               species height  mass
#>    <chr>              <chr>    <int> <dbl>
#>  1 Luke Skywalker     Human      172    77
#>  2 C-3PO              Droid      167    75
#>  3 R2-D2              Droid       96    32
#>  4 Darth Vader        Human      202   136
#>  5 Leia Organa        Human      150    49
#>  6 Owen Lars          Human      178   120
#>  7 Beru Whitesun lars Human      165    75
#>  8 R5-D4              Droid       97    32
#>  9 Biggs Darklighter  Human      183    84
#> 10 Obi-Wan Kenobi     Human      182    77
#> # … with 77 more rows

Summarise data

sticky_starwars |> 
  group_by(species) |> 
  summarise()
#> # A tibble: 38 × 3
#> # Stickers: height, mass
#>    species   height  mass
#>    <chr>      <dbl> <dbl>
#>  1 Aleena       79     15
#>  2 Besalisk    198    102
#>  3 Cerean      198     82
#>  4 Chagrian    196     NA
#>  5 Clawdite    168     55
#>  6 Droid        NA     NA
#>  7 Dug         112     40
#>  8 Ewok         88     20
#>  9 Geonosian   183     80
#> 10 Gungan      209.    NA
#> # … with 28 more rows