I guess this has a simple solution:
I have matrix 'mat1' which has row and column names, e.g.:
A B C
row1 0 0 0
row2 0 0 0
....
rown 0 0 0
I have a another matrix 'mat2', essentially a subset of 'mat1' where the
rownames are all in 'mat1' e.g.:
B
row3 5
row8 6
row54 7
I want to insert the values of matrix mat2 for column B (in reality it
could be some or all of column names A, B or C, etc.) (same name in both
matrices if that matters - rownames of mat2 guaranteed to be in mat1)
into matrix mat1 where the rownames match, so final desired result is:
matrix mat1:
A B C
row1 0 0 0
row2 0 0 0
row3 0 5 0
...
row8 0 6 0
...
row54 0 7 0
..
rown 0 0 0
My solution was (along the lines of):
mat1[rownames(mat2)%in%rownames(mat1),"B"]=mat2[,"B"]
Is there a better way? It doesn't 'feel' right?
Thanks - hope I explained it right (its late and I had a little drink
about an hour ago,etc....).
Martin
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