R group by | count distinct values grouping by another column

Question

How can I count the number of distinct visit_ids per pagename?

visit_id  post_pagename
1       A
1       B
1       C
1       D 
2       A
2       A
3       A
3       B

Result should be:

post_pagename distinct_visit_ids
A     3
B     2
C     1
D     1

tried it with

test_df<-data.frame(cbind(c(1,1,1,1,2,2,3,3),c("A","B","C","D","A","A","A","B")))
colnames(test_df)<-c("visit_id","post_pagename")
test_df

test_df %>%
 group_by(post_pagename) %>%
  summarize(vis_count = n_distinct(visit_id))

But this gives me only the amount of distinct visit_id in my data set

Why **D** did not include in the expected result. What is the difference between "number of distinct" and "amount of distinct" — A. Suliman, Jun 20 '18 at 17:19
Sulimen, number and amount is the same. and yes, there could be D = 0, but its not necessary for me — flobrr, Jun 20 '18 at 17:27
How could it be that `D == 0` if there is one visit to `D` from `visit_id` `1` ? — utubun, Jun 20 '18 at 17:28
ok, sorry, my mistake. i will correct it in my question posting — flobrr, Jun 20 '18 at 17:29

utubun · Accepted Answer · 2021-12-13T11:31:02.837

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One way

test_df |>
  distinct() |>
  count(post_pagename)

#   post_pagename     n
#   <fct>         <int>
# 1 A                 3
# 2 B                 2
# 3 C                 1
# 4 D                 1

Or another

test_df |>
  group_by(post_pagename) |>
  summarise(distinct_visit_ids = n_distinct(visit_id))

# A tibble: 4 x 2
#  post_pagename distinct_visit_ids
#  <fct>                      <int>
#1 A                              3
#2 B                              2
#3 C                              1
#4 D                              1

*D has one visit, so it must be counted*

edited Dec 13 '21 at 11:31

answered Jun 20 '18 at 17:24

utubun

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Maybe version-dependent. I got dplyr 0.7.4 on my machine. – utubun Jun 20 '18 at 17:37
utubun: I have 0.7.5 – flobrr Jun 20 '18 at 17:41
I get one row as result with distinct_visit_ids = 3 – flobrr Jun 20 '18 at 17:45
I have no idea why it behave differently in my and your case. – utubun Jun 20 '18 at 17:55
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Giovana Stein · Answer 2 · 2018-06-20T17:39:48.163

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The function n_distinct() will give you the number of distict rows in your data, as you have 2 rows that are "2 A", you should use only n(),that will count the number of times your groupped variable appears.

test_df<-data.frame(cbind(c(1,1,1,1,2,2,3,3),c("A","B","C","D","A","A","A","B")))
colnames(test_df)<-c("visit_id","post_pagename")
test_df


test_df %>%
unique() %>%
group_by(post_pagename) %>%
summarize(vis_count = n())

This should work fine.

Hope it helps :)

edited Jun 20 '18 at 17:39

answered Jun 20 '18 at 17:17

Giovana Stein

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I get an error: Fehler: This function should not be called directly – flobrr Jun 20 '18 at 17:30
Try dplyr::summarize(vis_count = n()) – Giovana Stein Jun 20 '18 at 17:36
this mean you want the summarize function from dplyr package. You can see more about this error in here https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22801153/dplyr-error-in-n-function-should-not-be-called-directly – Giovana Stein Jun 20 '18 at 17:37
Giovana: I added: dplyr::summarize and no error occours. But the result is not correct. Please compare with my result in my question-post. – flobrr Jun 20 '18 at 17:37
Giovana; your query just count the number of each pagename-element. 4xA, 2xB, 1xC, 1xD – flobrr Jun 20 '18 at 17:40

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