R: Apply a Function to a Data Frame Split by Factors

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## Apply a Function to a Data Frame Split by Factors

### Description

Apply a Function to a Data Frame Split by Factors

### Usage

    By(x, INDICES, FUN, COLUMNS, array = FALSE, ...)

### Arguments

`x` | Data frame
`INDICES` | Indices (vector or list of indices, vector of column names, or formula of column names)
`FUN` | A function to be applied to data frame subsets of 'data'.
`COLUMNS` | (Optional) subset of columns of x to work on
`array` | if TRUE an array/matrix is always returned
`...` | Additional arguments to lower-level functions

### Details

Simple wrapper of the 'by' function

### Author(s)

Klaus K. Holst

### Examples

    By(datasets::CO2,~Treatment+Type,colMeans,~conc)
    By(datasets::CO2,~Treatment+Type,colMeans,~conc+uptake)

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