Create multiple dataframes in R through function or loop based on a column value

Asked Nov 27 '18 at 19:13

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My skill with functions in R is limited and I want to automate a relatively simple workflow with a function or loop and I'm having difficulty. I want to take a df:

User        WorkItem  WorkDate     HoursWorked
Smith       A         11/1/18      7
Smith       B         11/1/18      1
Jones       C         11/1/18      8
Jones       C         11/2/18      8
Walker      A         11/1/18      4
Walker      B         11/3/18      6

And have a function/loop that creates new dfs with all records based on the unique values in $User, so in the example 3 dfs with 2 records each, sorted by #WorkDate. I used splitto break the df into tibbles contained in a list (3 in the example), but having trouble turning the tibbles into dfs without calling individually, like tibble1 <- splitdf[[1]]

edited Nov 28 '18 at 14:49

asked Nov 27 '18 at 19:13

Joe Hafer

Take a look at this answer: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18527051/split-a-large-dataframe-into-a-list-of-data-frames-based-on-common-value-in-colu – astrofunkswag Nov 27 '18 at 19:22
I'd also recommend [my answer here](https://stackoverflow.com/a/24376207/903061). – Gregor Thomas Nov 28 '18 at 14:54

Create multiple dataframes in R through function or loop based on a column value

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