Distinct
distinct() = find unique rows in dataset- Operates on rows
- Optional args: column names = find unique combos of values
# Remove duplicate rows, if any
flights |>
distinct()
## # A tibble: 336,776 × 19
## year month day dep_time sched_dep_time dep_delay arr_time sched_arr_time
## <int> <int> <int> <int> <int> <dbl> <int> <int>
## 1 2013 1 1 517 515 2 830 819
## 2 2013 1 1 533 529 4 850 830
## 3 2013 1 1 542 540 2 923 850
## 4 2013 1 1 544 545 -1 1004 1022
## 5 2013 1 1 554 600 -6 812 837
## 6 2013 1 1 554 558 -4 740 728
## 7 2013 1 1 555 600 -5 913 854
## 8 2013 1 1 557 600 -3 709 723
## 9 2013 1 1 557 600 -3 838 846
## 10 2013 1 1 558 600 -2 753 745
## # ℹ 336,766 more rows
## # ℹ 11 more variables: arr_delay <dbl>, carrier <chr>, flight <int>,
## # tailnum <chr>, origin <chr>, dest <chr>, air_time <dbl>, distance <dbl>,
## # hour <dbl>, minute <dbl>, time_hour <dttm>
# Find unique origin + destination pairs
flights |>
distinct(origin, dest)
## # A tibble: 224 × 2
## origin dest
## <chr> <chr>
## 1 EWR IAH
## 2 LGA IAH
## 3 JFK MIA
## 4 JFK BQN
## 5 LGA ATL
## 6 EWR ORD
## 7 EWR FLL
## 8 LGA IAD
## 9 JFK MCO
## 10 LGA ORD
## # ℹ 214 more rows
# keep other columns when filtering for unique rows
flights |>
distinct(origin, dest, .keep_all = TRUE)
## # A tibble: 224 × 19
## year month day dep_time sched_dep_time dep_delay arr_time sched_arr_time
## <int> <int> <int> <int> <int> <dbl> <int> <int>
## 1 2013 1 1 517 515 2 830 819
## 2 2013 1 1 533 529 4 850 830
## 3 2013 1 1 542 540 2 923 850
## 4 2013 1 1 544 545 -1 1004 1022
## 5 2013 1 1 554 600 -6 812 837
## 6 2013 1 1 554 558 -4 740 728
## 7 2013 1 1 555 600 -5 913 854
## 8 2013 1 1 557 600 -3 709 723
## 9 2013 1 1 557 600 -3 838 846
## 10 2013 1 1 558 600 -2 753 745
## # ℹ 214 more rows
## # ℹ 11 more variables: arr_delay <dbl>, carrier <chr>, flight <int>,
## # tailnum <chr>, origin <chr>, dest <chr>, air_time <dbl>, distance <dbl>,
## # hour <dbl>, minute <dbl>, time_hour <dttm>
count() = number of occurrencessort = TRUE to arrange in descending order of # occurrences
flights |>
count(origin, dest, sort = TRUE)
## # A tibble: 224 × 3
## origin dest n
## <chr> <chr> <int>
## 1 JFK LAX 11262
## 2 LGA ATL 10263
## 3 LGA ORD 8857
## 4 JFK SFO 8204
## 5 LGA CLT 6168
## 6 EWR ORD 6100
## 7 JFK BOS 5898
## 8 LGA MIA 5781
## 9 JFK MCO 5464
## 10 EWR BOS 5327
## # ℹ 214 more rows