R aggregate data.frame with date column

Question

I have the data frame resambling the one in the below

Date       Expenditure Indicator
29-01-2011 5455        212
25-01-2012 5452        111
11-02-2011 365           


        

Answer 1

df <- data.frame(c('29-01-2011', '25-01-2012', '11-02-2011'), c(5455, 5452, 365), c(212, 211, 5))
colnames(df) <- c('Date', 'Expenditure', 'Indicator')
colSums(df[2])

#>Expenditure 
#11272