How to modify column values using the same column without duplicating column

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How to modify column values using the same column without duplicating column?

I need to perform some calculations from existing column values and modify the same column.How to acheive this?

My dataset conatins too many rows, so duplicating or creating a new column is not preferred.
Aug 29, 2019 in Data Analytics by piyush
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Hi,

Use mutate(). returns selected columns after modifying the existing values with new calculated values in the column. if you want to return only updated column values use transmute().

mutate() adds new variables and preserves existing ones. transmute() adds new variables and drops existing ones. Both functions preserve the number of rows of the input. New variables overwrite existing variables of the same name.

Ex: 

mtcars %>% mutate(cyl = cyl/2)
mtcars %>% transmute(cyl= cyl/2)
answered Aug 30, 2019 by anonymous
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