Similar to this question but I want to use tidy evaluation instead.
df = data.frame(group = c(1,1,1,2,2,2,3,3,3),
date = c(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9),
speed = c(3,4,3,4,5,6,6,4,9))
> df
group date speed
1 1 1 3
2 1 2 4
3 1 3 3
4 2 4 4
5 2 5 5
6 2 6 6
7 3 7 6
8 3 8 4
9 3 9 9
The task is to create a new column (newValue) whose values equals to the values of the date column (per group) with one condition: speed == 4. Example: group 1 has a newValue of 2 because date[speed==4] = 2.
group date speed newValue
1 1 1 3 2
2 1 2 4 2
3 1 3 3 2
4 2 4 4 4
5 2 5 5 4
6 2 6 6 4
7 3 7 6 8
8 3 8 4 8
9 3 9 9 8
It worked without tidy evaluation
df %>%
group_by(group) %>%
mutate(newValue=date[speed==4L])
#> # A tibble: 9 x 4
#> # Groups: group [3]
#> group date speed newValue
#> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl>
#> 1 1 1 3 2
#> 2 1 2 4 2
#> 3 1 3 3 2
#> 4 2 4 4 4
#> 5 2 5 5 4
#> 6 2 6 6 4
#> 7 3 7 6 8
#> 8 3 8 4 8
#> 9 3 9 9 8
But had error with tidy evaluation
my_fu <- function(df, filter_var){
filter_var <- sym(filter_var)
df <- df %>%
group_by(group) %>%
mutate(newValue=!!filter_var[speed==4L])
}
my_fu(df, "date")
#> Error in quos(..., .named = TRUE): object 'speed' not found
Thanks in advance.
We can place the evaluation within brackets. Otherwise, it may try to evaluate the whole expression (filter_var[speed = 4L]) instead of filter_var alone
library(rlang)
library(dplyr)
my_fu <- function(df, filter_var){
filter_var <- sym(filter_var)
df %>%
group_by(group) %>%
mutate(newValue=(!!filter_var)[speed==4L])
}
my_fu(df, "date")
# A tibble: 9 x 4
# Groups: group [3]
# group date speed newValue
# <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl>
#1 1 1 3 2
#2 1 2 4 2
#3 1 3 3 2
#4 2 4 4 4
#5 2 5 5 4
#6 2 6 6 4
#7 3 7 6 8
#8 3 8 4 8
#9 3 9 9 8