Normalizing selection of dataframe columns with dplyr
问题 I have a data.frame with variables var1 var2 (both strings) and variables x , y , and z . I would like to normalize variables x , y and z by dividing them all by their respective first element. I tried: df_ %>% mutate_at(c("x", "y", "z"), funs(./.[1])) %>% head() But, this sets the whole column to 1. How can I achieve that it devides by the first element? Secondly, what is the best way to add the normalized to the dataframe as variables x_norm , y_norm , z_norm ? Many thanks, and please let