R: Splits a data frame into train and test sets.

split_train_test {ssr}

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Splits a data frame into train and test sets.

Description

Utility function to randomly split a data frame into train and test sets.

Usage

split_train_test(df, pctTrain)

Arguments

`df`	a data frame.
`pctTrain`	numeric value that specifies the percentage of rows to be included in the train set. The remaining rows are added to the test set.

Value

a list with the first element being the train set and the second element the test set.

Examples

set.seed(1234)

dataset <- friedman1

nrow(dataset) # print number of rows

split1 <- split_train_test(dataset, pctTrain = 70) # select 70% for training

nrow(split1$trainset) # number of rows of the train set

nrow(split1$testset) # number of rows of the test set

head(split1$trainset) # display first rows of train set

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