Convert summary() Function Output to Data Frame in R (Example Code)

data(iris)                                          # Loading example data frame
head(iris)
#   Sepal.Length Sepal.Width Petal.Length Petal.Width Species
# 1          5.1         3.5          1.4         0.2  setosa
# 2          4.9         3.0          1.4         0.2  setosa
# 3          4.7         3.2          1.3         0.2  setosa
# 4          4.6         3.1          1.5         0.2  setosa
# 5          5.0         3.6          1.4         0.2  setosa
# 6          5.4         3.9          1.7         0.4  setosa

data(iris) # Loading example data frame head(iris) # Sepal.Length Sepal.Width Petal.Length Petal.Width Species # 1 5.1 3.5 1.4 0.2 setosa # 2 4.9 3.0 1.4 0.2 setosa # 3 4.7 3.2 1.3 0.2 setosa # 4 4.6 3.1 1.5 0.2 setosa # 5 5.0 3.6 1.4 0.2 setosa # 6 5.4 3.9 1.7 0.4 setosa

iris_summary <- data.frame(unclass(summary(iris)),  # Transforming summary stats to data frame
                           check.names = FALSE)
iris_summary
#        Sepal.Length     Sepal.Width    Petal.Length     Petal.Width
# X   Min.   :4.300   Min.   :2.000   Min.   :1.000   Min.   :0.100  
# X.1 1st Qu.:5.100   1st Qu.:2.800   1st Qu.:1.600   1st Qu.:0.300  
# X.2 Median :5.800   Median :3.000   Median :4.350   Median :1.300  
# X.3 Mean   :5.843   Mean   :3.057   Mean   :3.758   Mean   :1.199  
# X.4 3rd Qu.:6.400   3rd Qu.:3.300   3rd Qu.:5.100   3rd Qu.:1.800  
# X.5 Max.   :7.900   Max.   :4.400   Max.   :6.900   Max.   :2.500  
#             Species
# X   setosa    :50  
# X.1 versicolor:50  
# X.2 virginica :50  
# X.3            <NA>
# X.4            <NA>
# X.5            <NA>

iris_summary <- data.frame(unclass(summary(iris)), # Transforming summary stats to data frame check.names = FALSE) iris_summary # Sepal.Length Sepal.Width Petal.Length Petal.Width # X Min. :4.300 Min. :2.000 Min. :1.000 Min. :0.100 # X.1 1st Qu.:5.100 1st Qu.:2.800 1st Qu.:1.600 1st Qu.:0.300 # X.2 Median :5.800 Median :3.000 Median :4.350 Median :1.300 # X.3 Mean :5.843 Mean :3.057 Mean :3.758 Mean :1.199 # X.4 3rd Qu.:6.400 3rd Qu.:3.300 3rd Qu.:5.100 3rd Qu.:1.800 # X.5 Max. :7.900 Max. :4.400 Max. :6.900 Max. :2.500 # Species # X setosa :50 # X.1 versicolor:50 # X.2 virginica :50 # X.3 <NA> # X.4 <NA> # X.5 <NA>