Try for( i in 1:10 ){ ... }
That should resove your problem 1.! Rgds, Rainer On Wednesday 23 May 2012 09:23:04 RH Gibson wrote: > "blap.txt" is a numeric vector of length 64. > > I am using the following code: > > > bd<-scan("blap.txt") > output<-matrix(0,64,10) > s<-sum(bd) > for (i in 10){ > > while (s>0) > {x1<-sample(bd,(length(bd)-1), replace=F) > s<-sum(x1) > bd<-x1 > output[i]<-s > > } > > > } > write.table(output, file="res.txt") > > This code is not doing what I'd like it to do: > > 1. It is not running through the while loop 10 times, just once. > 2. I can't work out how to get the results into the output matrix. The > matrix should be 10 columns with the decreasing s values for each of the > 10 runs through the for loop. > > Sorry for any obvious mistakes. I'm very new to R and teaching myself. > Where am I going wrong here, please? > > Thank you. > > > -- > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.