non-elegant solution: matrix(c(V1,rep(NA,-length(V1)%%5)),nrow=5)
HTH. On 1/24/07, Shubha Vishwanath Karanth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How to suppress the recycling of items in a matrix..instead NA can be > filled. > -----Original Message----- > From: Chuck Cleland [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 8:00 PM > To: Shubha Vishwanath Karanth > Cc: r-help@stat.math.ethz.ch > Subject: Re: [R] Vector to Matrix transformation > > Shubha Vishwanath Karanth wrote: > > 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? > > You could try the following: > > matrix(V1, nrow=5) > > but note what happens when the length of V1 is not a multiple of 5. > > > Thanks in advance... > > > > > > > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > > ______________________________________________ > > 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. > > -- > Chuck Cleland, Ph.D. > NDRI, Inc. > 71 West 23rd Street, 8th floor > New York, NY 10010 > tel: (212) 845-4495 (Tu, Th) > tel: (732) 512-0171 (M, W, F) > fax: (917) 438-0894 > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > ______________________________________________ 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.
