Frequency count of two column in R

If your data is dataframe df with columns y and m

library(plyr)
counts <- ddply(df, .(df$y, df$m), nrow)
names(counts) <- c("y", "m", "Freq")

I haven't seen a dplyr answer yet. The code is rather simple.

library(dplyr)
rename(count(df, y, m), Freq = n)
# Source: local data frame [5 x 3]
# Groups: V1 [?]
#
#       y     m  Freq
#   (int) (int) (int)
# 1  2010     1     2
# 2  2010     2     2
# 3  2010     3     1
# 4  2011     1     1
# 5  2011     2     1

Data:

df <- structure(list(y = c(2010L, 2010L, 2010L, 2010L, 2010L, 2011L, 
2011L), m = c(1L, 1L, 2L, 2L, 3L, 1L, 2L)), .Names = c("y", "m"
), class = "data.frame", row.names = c(NA, -7L))

A more idiomatic data.table version of @ugh's answer would be:

library(data.table) # load package
df <- data.frame(y = c(rep(2010, 5), rep(2011,2)), m = c(1,1,2,2,3,1,2)) # setup data
dt <- data.table(df) # transpose to data.table
dt[, list(Freq =.N), by=list(y,m)] # use list to name var directly

Using sqldf:

sqldf("SELECT y, m, COUNT(*) as Freq
       FROM table1
       GROUP BY y, m")