[R-sig-eco] Understanding cbind

2012-07-20 Thread Manuel SpĂ­nola
Dear list members, I am using function cbind but I got 2 different results, one is a data frame and the other is a matrix and I would like to undertand why is the reason: I have a data frame called finaldf names(finaldf) [1] especie estrato oc1 oc2 oc3 oc4 oc5 oc6 [9] oc7

Re: [R-sig-eco] Understanding cbind

2012-07-20 Thread Phil Novack-Gottshall
Dear Manuel, This is not a matrix versus data-frame issue. The difference is because in the first case you are extracting multiple items at a time, so the column names are attached. But in the second, you are really only extracting individual items, and so the column names are not necessary.