If I remember well, there should be a package including the function bdiag() making the job..but I am not able to remember its name..
However a quick search via RSiteSearch("bdiag") yields http://finzi.psych.upenn.edu/R/Rhelp02a/archive/40393.html Hope this helps you, vito Tong Wang wrote: > Hi, > I am trying to creat a matrix with diagnal blocks, say, I have a matrix > X of any dimension (nxm) ,and would like to have: > > X > X > X > ..... > otherwise space filled with 0's. Is there a handy way to do this ? > > Thanks a lot in advance. > > best > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > > -- ==================================== Vito M.R. Muggeo Dip.to Sc Statist e Matem `Vianelli' Università di Palermo viale delle Scienze, edificio 13 90128 Palermo - ITALY tel: 091 6626240 fax: 091 485726/485612 ______________________________________________ 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.