Hi I have dataset with n variables, say n =3 x y z
the formula should be form = x+y+z+x*x +x*y+x*z +y*y + y*z+z*z my code has to for loop Is there any way to reduce two loops for (i in 1:n) { for (j in i:n) { dat= cbind(dat,dat[,i]*dat[,j]) } } ----- Thanks in Advance Arun -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Help-in-creating-a-matrix-tp4551532p4551532.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________ 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.