On Thu, 29 Apr 2004, Jason Parcon wrote: > To whom it may concern:
> Is there a function that we can use to easily obtain the rank of a > matrix in R? Yes. See ?qr. Note that the `rank' is not really well-defined for a numerical matrix due to imprecise representation, and it may well be better to look at the SVD (?svd) and consider the sizes of the singular values. > PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html PLEASE do! In particular, use a sensible subject line. -- Brian D. Ripley, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
