I have a table such that: sample # species 1 a 1 b 2 a 2 c 3 b
and i would like to build a matrix with species names (i.e. a b and c) as field names and samples (i.e. 1,2 and 3) as row names and 1/0 as inner values such as: a b c 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 3 0 1 0 I am currently using Rcmdr package for managing datasets but need a function about.... I tried to use stack function but only with worst results Thanks Duccio ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch 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.