Try this: pmax(tmax.m[,1], tmax.m[,2], na.rm = TRUE)
On 5/10/06, Dale Steele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello -- Given the 10x2 matrix below, my goal is to create a vector > which contains the maximum of column 1 and column 2, or the only value > if there is an NA in one column. I experimented with max.col without > success. Thanks. --Dale > > > > tmax.m > tmaxhme tmaxer > [1,] 101.0 99.8 > [2,] 102.5 99.0 > [3,] 100.6 98.4 > [4,] NA 100.5 > [5,] 101.0 99.4 > [6,] NA 97.6 > [7,] NA 99.0 > [8,] 99.0 98.4 > [9,] NA 98.5 > [10,] NA 99.1 > > ______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > ______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
