Hello, What is the fastest way to do this? I has to be done quite a few times. Basically I have sets of 3 numbers (as characters) and sets of 3 dashes and I have to store them in named columns. The order of the sets and the column name they fall under is important. The actual numbers and the pattern/order of the sets should be considered random/unpredictable.
Sample data: vec = c("1","2","3","-","-","-","4","5","6","1","2","3","-","-","-") rep_vec = rep(vec,times=20) nms = c("A","B","C","D") I need to get this: A B C D "123" "---" "456" "123" "---" "123" "---" "456" "123" "---" "123" "---" "456" "123" "---" "123" "---" "456" "123" "---" Note: a matrix of 4 columns and 5 rows of concatenated string sets. Thanks!! Ben [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org 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.