tapplyDS.assign {dsBase}R Documentation

tapplyDS.assign called by ds.tapply.assign

Description

Apply one of a selected range of functions to summarize an outcome variable over one or more indexing factors and write the resultant summary as a newobj on the serverside

Usage

tapplyDS.assign(X.name, INDEX.names.transmit, FUN.name)

Arguments

X.name,

the name of the variable to be summarized. Specified via argument <X.name> of ds.tapply.assign function

INDEX.names.transmit,

the name of a single factor or a vector of names of factors to index the variable to be summarized. Specified via argument <INDEX.names> of ds.tapply.assign function

FUN.name,

the name of one of the allowable summarizing functions to be applied. Specified via argument <FUN.name> of ds.tapply.assign function.

Details

see details for ds.tapply.assign function

Value

an array of the summarized values created by the tapplyDS.assign function. This array is written as a newobj on the serverside. It has the same number of dimensions as INDEX.

Author(s)

Paul Burton, Demetris Avraam for DataSHIELD Development Team


[Package dsBase version 6.3.0 ]