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# $Id$

# Copyright (C) 2010 Johannes Ranke
# Contact: mkin-devel@lists.berlios.de

# This file is part of the R package mkin

# mkin is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
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mkin_wide_to_long <- function(wide_data, time = "t")
{
  colnames <- names(wide_data)
  if (!(time %in% colnames)) stop("The data in wide format have to contain a variable named ", time, ".")
  vars <- subset(colnames, colnames != time)
  n <- length(colnames) - 1
  long_data <- data.frame(
    name = rep(vars, each = length(wide_data[[time]])),
    time = rep(wide_data[[time]], n),
    value = unlist(wide_data[vars]),
    row.names = NULL)
  return(long_data)
}