stat_mode {gtools} | R Documentation |
Most frequently occurring value
stat_mode(x, na.rm = TRUE, ties = c("all", "first", "last", "missing"), ...)
x |
vector of values |
na.rm |
logical. Should |
ties |
character. Which value(s) should be returned in the case of ties? |
... |
optional additional parameters. |
vector of the same class as x
# Character vector chr_vec <- c("a", "d", "d", "h", "h", NA, NA) # Multiple modes stat_mode(x = chr_vec) stat_mode(x = chr_vec, na.rm = FALSE) stat_mode(x = chr_vec, na.rm = FALSE, ties = "first") stat_mode(x = chr_vec, na.rm = FALSE, ties = "last") # - # Numeric vector # See that it keeps the original vector type num_vec <- c(2, 3, 3, 4, 4, NA, NA) stat_mode(x = num_vec) stat_mode(x = num_vec, na.rm = FALSE) stat_mode(x = num_vec, na.rm = FALSE, ties = "first") stat_mode(x = num_vec, na.rm = FALSE, ties = "last") # The default option is ties="all" but it is very easy for the user to control # the ties without changing this parameter. # Select always just one mode, being that the first mode stat_mode(x = num_vec)[1] # Select the first and the second stat_mode stat_mode(x = num_vec)[c(1, 2)] # Logical Vectors stat_mode(x = c(TRUE, TRUE)) stat_mode(x = c(FALSE, FALSE, TRUE, TRUE)) # - # Single element cases stat_mode(x = c(NA_real_)) stat_mode(x = 2) stat_mode(x = NA) stat_mode(x = c("a")) # Not allowing multiple stat_mode, returning NA if that happens stat_mode(x = c(1, 1, 2, 2), multiple_modes = FALSE) # multiple stat_mode stat_mode(x = c(1, 1), multiple_modes = FALSE) # single mode # Empty vector cases # The ties of any empty vector will be itself (an empty vector of the same type) stat_mode(x = double()) stat_mode(x = complex()) stat_mode(x = vector("numeric")) stat_mode(x = vector("character"))