How to group_by by only one factor level ?

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Hi,
Is it possible to group_by() by only one selected level of the factor, like:

mtcars %>% group_by(cyl[2]) %>% summarise(n= n())

Let's sat I do not need other levels of the cyl.

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You can just filter the values corresponding to this level and summarize across the data left. It would make no sense to summarize a part of the data and leave the rest unchanged, so Filtering and summarizing afterwards is the way to go.

Kind regards

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I thought so but wasn't sure, now it makes sense. Thank you for your explanation.

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