check the help page for ?matrix(); you probably want either

matrix(V1, nrow = 5)

or

matrix(V1, nrow = 5, byrow = TRUE)


I hope it helps.

Best,
Dimitris

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Shubha Vishwanath Karanth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 3:10 PM
Subject: [R] Vector to Matrix transformation


> Hi R,
>
>
>
> I have a vector V1 of unknown length, say n. I need to convert this 
> into
> a matrix C of row size=5, and accordingly the column should be 
> updated.
> I tried with:
>
>
>
> C=as.matrix(V1,5,n/5)
>
>
>
> But it is not working...Could somebody help me on this?
>
>
>
> Thanks in advance...
>
>
>
>
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