Create a sequential number (counter) for rows within each group of a dataframe [duplicate]

Answer 1

You can use sqldf

df<-read.table(header=T,text="personid date measurement
1         x     23
1         x     32
2         y     21
3         x     23
3         z     23
3         y     23")

library(sqldf)
sqldf("SELECT a.*, COUNT(*) count
       FROM df a, df b 
       WHERE a.personid = b.personid AND b.ROWID <= a.ROWID 
       GROUP BY a.ROWID"
)

#  personid date measurement count
#1        1    x          23     1
#2        1    x          32     2
#3        2    y          21     1
#4        3    x          23     1
#5        3    z          23     2
#6        3    y          23     3