Add new calculated variables to a data frame and drop all existing variables

Add new calculated variables to a data frame and drop all existing variables, I hope you enjoyed reading about the dplyr package magics in earlier posts, here is the last update while using dplyr package.

With R’s transmute() function, you can drop all of the existing variables and add new calculated variables to a data frame.

The basic syntax used by this function is as follows.

df %>% transmute(var_new = var1 * 2)

In this example, the existing variable var1 will be multiplied by 2 to produce a new variable called var new.

With the following data frame in R, the ensuing examples demonstrate how to utilize the transmute() function.

Let’s create a data frame

df <- data.frame(team=c('P1', 'P2', 'P3', 'P4', 'P5'),
points=c(129, 110, 115, 128, 412),
assists=c(313, 238, 331, 339, 234),
rebounds=c(230, 128, 324, 124, 228))

Now we can view the data frame

df

   team points assists rebounds
1   P1    129     313      230
2   P2    110     238      128
3   P3    115     331      324
4   P4    128     339      124
5   P5    412     234      228

Example 1: Use transmute() to Create One New Variable

One new variable can be made using transmute() by using the following code.

library(dplyr)

Let’s create a new variable called points2

df %>% transmute(mypoint = points * 2)

The original values in the points column multiplied by two give the values of mypoint.

Note that the original data frame is not actually modified by the transmute() method.

You must store the output of the transmute() function in a variable in order to save it in a new data frame.

library(dplyr)

the transmutation’s outcomes in a variable

mypoint<- df %>% transmute(mypoint = points * 2)

Now we can view the results

mypoint
   mypoint
1     258
2     220
3     230
4     256
5     824

Transmute(output )’s is now kept in a fresh data frame.

Example 2: Create several new variables with transmute()

Transmute() can be used to generate numerous new variables from a single set of existing variables. See the example code below.

Let’s create multiple new variables

df %>%
 transmute(
  mypont = points * 2,
  rebounds_squared = rebounds^2,
  assists_half = assists / 2,
  team_name= paste0('team_', team)
)

  mypont rebounds_squared assists_half team_name
1    258            52900        156.5   team_P1
2    220            16384        119.0   team_P2
3    230           104976        165.5   team_P3
4    256            15376        169.5   team_P4
5    824            51984        117.0   team_P5

Four additional variables have been added, as you can see.