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Get level names using glue and dplyr in a loop


I am trying to get level names from a table using dplyr and glue in a loop (I use a loop because I get a large number of variable to get grouped tables and individual tables), I show an example below:

library(dplyr)
library(glue)
var=c( "vs", "am")
for(i in var) {
bd=mtcars%>%
group_by(carb) %>%
 count_(i) %>%
      mutate(descripcion = glue("carb number:{carb} in: {i} with freq: {n},"))
print(bd) 
print(bd$descripcion)
}

my result:

Groups: carb [6]

   carb    vs     n descripcion                       
  <dbl> <dbl> <int> <chr>                             
1     1     1     7 carb number:1 in: vs with freq: 7,
2     2     0     5 carb number:2 in: vs with freq: 5,
3     2     1     5 carb number:2 in: vs with freq: 5,
4     3     0     3 carb number:3 in: vs with freq: 3,
5     4     0     8 carb number:4 in: vs with freq: 8,
6     4     1     2 carb number:4 in: vs with freq: 2,
7     6     0     1 carb number:6 in: vs with freq: 1,
8     8     0     1 carb number:8 in: vs with freq: 1,
[1] "carb number:1 in: vs with freq: 7," "carb number:2 in: vs with freq: 5,"
[3] "carb number:2 in: vs with freq: 5," "carb number:3 in: vs with freq: 3,"
[5] "carb number:4 in: vs with freq: 8," "carb number:4 in: vs with freq: 2,"
[7] "carb number:6 in: vs with freq: 1," "carb number:8 in: vs with freq: 1,"
# A tibble: 9 x 4
# Groups:   carb [6]
   carb    am     n descripcion                       
  <dbl> <dbl> <int> <chr>                             
1     1     0     3 carb number:1 in: am with freq: 3,
2     1     1     4 carb number:1 in: am with freq: 4,
3     2     0     6 carb number:2 in: am with freq: 6,
4     2     1     4 carb number:2 in: am with freq: 4,
5     3     0     3 carb number:3 in: am with freq: 3,
6     4     0     7 carb number:4 in: am with freq: 7,
7     4     1     3 carb number:4 in: am with freq: 3,
8     6     1     1 carb number:6 in: am with freq: 1,
9     8     1     1 carb number:8 in: am with freq: 1,
[1] "carb number:1 in: am with freq: 3," "carb number:1 in: am with freq: 4,"
[3] "carb number:2 in: am with freq: 6," "carb number:2 in: am with freq: 4,"
[5] "carb number:3 in: am with freq: 3," "carb number:4 in: am with freq: 7,"
[7] "carb number:4 in: am with freq: 3," "carb number:6 in: am with freq: 1,"
[9] "carb number:8 in: am with freq: 1,"

My problem its that I can not get the level name from vs and am variables in this example. My goal is get individual tables grouped by carb:

[1] "carb number:1 in:  vs 1 with freq: 7," "carb number:2 in:  vs 0 with freq: 5,"
   [3] "carb number:2 in:  vs 1 with freq: 5," "carb number:3 in:  vs 0 with freq: 3,"
   [5] "carb number:4 in:  vs 0 with freq: 8," "carb number:4 in:  vs 1 with freq: 2,"
   [7] "carb number:6 in:  vs 0 with freq: 1," "carb number:8 in:  vs 0 with freq: 1,"

Solution

  • We could use paste0 since it is vectorised.

    library(dplyr)
    
    mtcars%>% 
       count(carb, vs) %>%
       mutate(description = paste0("carb number: ",carb, " in: vs ", vs, 
                                    " with freq: ", n))
    
    
    #   carb    vs     n description                         
    #  <dbl> <dbl> <int> <chr>                               
    #1     1     1     7 carb number: 1 in: vs 1 with freq: 7
    #2     2     0     5 carb number: 2 in: vs 0 with freq: 5
    #3     2     1     5 carb number: 2 in: vs 1 with freq: 5
    #4     3     0     3 carb number: 3 in: vs 0 with freq: 3
    #5     4     0     8 carb number: 4 in: vs 0 with freq: 8
    #6     4     1     2 carb number: 4 in: vs 1 with freq: 2
    #7     6     0     1 carb number: 6 in: vs 0 with freq: 1
    #8     8     0     1 carb number: 8 in: vs 0 with freq: 1
    

    To use glue we need to use some version of map from purrr

    library(dplyr)
    library(glue)
    library(purrr)
    
    mtcars%>% 
       count(carb, vs) %>%
       mutate(description = pmap_chr(list(carb, vs, n), function(a, b, c) 
                 glue("carb number: ",{a}, " in: vs ", {b}, " with freq: ", {c})))
    

    EDIT

    If we have different columns to count we can convert variables to symbol

    var = c("vs", "am")
    library(rlang)
    
    map(var, function(x) mtcars%>% 
                           count(carb, !!sym(x)) %>%
                           mutate(description = paste0("carb number: ",carb, " in: ", 
                            x, " " , !!sym(x)," with freq: ", n)))
    
    #[[1]]
    # A tibble: 8 x 4
    #   carb    vs     n description                         
    #  <dbl> <dbl> <int> <chr>                               
    #1     1     1     7 carb number: 1 in: vs 1 with freq: 7
    #2     2     0     5 carb number: 2 in: vs 0 with freq: 5
    #3     2     1     5 carb number: 2 in: vs 1 with freq: 5
    #4     3     0     3 carb number: 3 in: vs 0 with freq: 3
    #5     4     0     8 carb number: 4 in: vs 0 with freq: 8
    #6     4     1     2 carb number: 4 in: vs 1 with freq: 2
    #7     6     0     1 carb number: 6 in: vs 0 with freq: 1
    #8     8     0     1 carb number: 8 in: vs 0 with freq: 1
    
    #[[2]]
    # A tibble: 9 x 4
    #   carb    am     n description                         
    #  <dbl> <dbl> <int> <chr>                               
    #1     1     0     3 carb number: 1 in: am 0 with freq: 3
    #2     1     1     4 carb number: 1 in: am 1 with freq: 4
    #3     2     0     6 carb number: 2 in: am 0 with freq: 6
    #4     2     1     4 carb number: 2 in: am 1 with freq: 4
    #5     3     0     3 carb number: 3 in: am 0 with freq: 3
    #6     4     0     7 carb number: 4 in: am 0 with freq: 7
    #7     4     1     3 carb number: 4 in: am 1 with freq: 3
    #8     6     1     1 carb number: 6 in: am 1 with freq: 1
    #9     8     1     1 carb number: 8 in: am 1 with freq: 1
    

    Or with for loop

    for (i in var) {
       print(mtcars%>% 
               count(carb, !!sym(i)) %>%
               mutate(description = paste0("carb number: ",carb, " in: ", i, " " , 
                                      !!sym(i), " with freq: ", n)))
    }