Why R – Data Reshaping is Important?
While doing an analysis or using an analytic function, the resultant data obtained because of the experiment or study is generally different. The obtained data usually has one or more columns that correspond or identify a row followed by a number of columns that represent the measured values. We can say that these columns that identify a row can be the composite key of a column in a database.
Data Reshaping in R Programming
Generally, in R Programming Language, data processing is done by taking data as input from a data frame where the data is organized into rows and columns. Data frames are mostly used since extracting data is much simpler and hence easier. But sometimes we need to reshape the format of the data frame from the one we receive. Hence, in R, we can split, merge and reshape the data frame using various functions.
The various forms of reshaping data in a data frame are:
- Transpose of a Matrix
- Joining Rows and Columns
- Merging of Data Frames
- Melting and Casting
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