Arun, thanks for the quick response. That helps. Why does scale() give attributes? What's the point of that? I don't see apply() or any similar functions do it. Just for my curiosity.
Mike On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 4:07 PM, arun <smartpink...@yahoo.com> wrote: > HI, > Try: > x1<-scale(x,center=TRUE,scale=TRUE) > str(x1) > # num [1:15, 1:10] -0.2371 -0.5606 -0.8242 1.5985 -0.0164 ... > # - attr(*, "scaled:center")= num [1:10] 50.2 50 49.8 49.8 50.3 ... > #- attr(*, "scaled:scale")= num [1:10] 1.109 0.956 0.817 0.746 1.019 ... > > attr(x1,"scaled:center")<-NULL > attr(x1,"scaled:scale")<-NULL > str(x1) > #num [1:15, 1:10] -0.2371 -0.5606 -0.8242 1.5985 -0.0164 ... > A.K. > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: C W <tmrs...@gmail.com> > To: r-help <r-help@r-project.org> > Cc: > Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 3:59 PM > Subject: [R] How to remove attributes from scale() in a matrix? > > Hi list, > > I am using scale() to standardize a distribution? But why does it > give me attributes attached to the data? I just want a standardized > matrix, that is all. > > library(mvtnorm) >> x <- rmvnorm(15, mean=rep(50, 10)) >> x > [,1] [,2] [,3] [,4] [,5] [,6] [,7] > [,8] [,9] > [1,] 51.17519 52.34341 49.63084 47.99234 51.63113 50.91391 49.36819 > 49.23901 51.17377 > [2,] 50.57039 49.17210 48.64395 49.03940 49.65761 49.93840 49.94883 > 50.69044 49.57632 > [3,] 50.64811 50.21503 50.13786 49.15879 48.51550 50.19444 50.23710 > 50.98040 51.37032 > [4,] 49.22797 49.66445 49.93287 48.63681 50.49457 50.33302 52.29552 > 49.98424 51.04724 > [5,] 49.72099 50.84510 50.60976 49.60883 53.59509 49.14728 50.23134 > 49.09141 49.23780 > [6,] 49.49126 50.90938 49.67140 50.08951 49.79854 49.03711 50.26037 > 50.24975 48.26958 > [7,] 51.12384 47.92778 50.60112 49.01554 49.47515 50.12756 51.65216 > 49.21998 49.63808 > [8,] 51.45123 50.44037 50.01039 50.27511 49.97658 51.63002 50.37156 > 50.02685 48.95423 > [9,] 51.16989 50.16200 51.17724 50.71678 50.79565 50.27128 51.05608 > 49.61165 47.81732 > [10,] 49.54263 49.93501 49.71762 49.33378 51.44935 51.53775 50.54346 > 49.98333 49.59422 > [11,] 51.16497 49.82914 49.08821 51.02918 49.67663 49.53498 50.26647 > 49.48569 50.94504 > [12,] 51.16827 50.50244 49.13003 49.00155 50.26457 48.85465 49.11593 > 50.58031 51.14926 > [13,] 48.26216 49.94866 48.62526 49.11995 50.40082 49.25359 48.57677 > 50.66760 49.44108 > [14,] 49.82530 49.17352 50.05588 50.51265 51.04926 50.32474 49.78180 > 50.48349 49.92431 > [15,] 50.55772 49.84691 47.95021 50.24911 49.85335 50.73062 51.48718 > 51.36693 50.18307 > [,10] > [1,] 50.13859 > [2,] 51.54920 > [3,] 49.23230 > [4,] 50.92683 > [5,] 50.97708 > [6,] 50.78799 > [7,] 50.53913 > [8,] 49.30832 > [9,] 49.43606 > [10,] 49.42060 > [11,] 50.21002 > [12,] 51.94848 > [13,] 49.41352 > [14,] 52.24064 > [15,] 51.19474 >> scale(x, center=TRUE, scale=TRUE) > [,1] [,2] [,3] [,4] [,5] > [,6] [,7] > [1,] 0.8890317 2.3390090 -0.040395734 -1.86089754 1.00159470 > 0.92533476 -0.99715965 > [2,] 0.2452502 -0.9109703 -1.190404546 -0.63771097 -0.66104313 > -0.21446975 -0.40514793 > [3,] 0.3279747 0.1578297 0.550427419 -0.49823662 -1.62323564 > 0.08468695 -0.11121941 > [4,] -1.1837031 -0.4064112 0.311551281 -1.10802250 0.04407804 > 0.24660932 1.98754311 > [5,] -0.6589074 0.8035298 1.100314901 0.02749734 2.65618150 > -1.13883336 -0.11709623 > [6,] -0.9034419 0.8694088 0.006865424 0.58904255 -0.54231158 > -1.26755243 -0.08749646 > [7,] 0.8343705 -2.1861602 1.090250934 -0.66558751 -0.81476108 > 0.00655050 1.33157578 > [8,] 1.1828615 0.3887665 0.401888014 0.80585326 -0.39231482 > 1.76205433 0.02587038 > [9,] 0.8833860 0.1034854 1.761589113 1.32181395 0.29773018 > 0.17447101 0.72381232 > [10,] -0.8487569 -0.1291363 0.060728488 -0.29381647 0.84844800 > 1.65423826 0.20113824 > [11,] 0.8781560 -0.2376361 -0.672712386 1.68676651 -0.64501776 > -0.68583461 -0.08127647 > [12,] 0.8816611 0.4523675 -0.623990804 -0.68193230 -0.14968994 > -1.48074503 -1.25436403 > [13,] -2.2117715 -0.1151423 -1.212190165 -0.54361597 -0.03490809 > -1.01461386 -1.80409304 > [14,] -0.5478718 -0.9095198 0.454889973 1.08335795 0.51138447 > 0.23693367 -0.57544865 > [15,] 0.2317608 -0.2194204 -1.998811911 0.77548830 -0.49613484 > 0.71117025 1.16336204 > [,8] [,9] [,10] > [1,] -1.2666791 1.17934107 -0.35061189 > [2,] 0.8423439 -0.28600703 1.06389274 > [3,] 1.2636749 1.35963155 -1.25940610 > [4,] -0.1838111 1.06327078 0.43980595 > [5,] -1.4811512 -0.59653247 0.49019839 > [6,] 0.2019965 -1.48467432 0.30058779 > [7,] -1.2943281 -0.22935616 0.05103467 > [8,] -0.1218950 -0.85664924 -1.18316969 > [9,] -0.7252082 -1.89953387 -1.05507780 > [10,] -0.1851315 -0.26958168 -1.07058564 > [11,] -0.9082374 0.96952049 -0.27897948 > [12,] 0.6823136 1.15685832 1.46428187 > [13,] 0.8091562 -0.41005981 -1.07768018 > [14,] 0.5416286 0.03320871 1.75724879 > [15,] 1.8253278 0.27056365 0.70846058 > attr(,"scaled:center") > [1] 50.33999 50.06102 49.66551 49.58529 50.44225 50.12196 50.34618 > 50.11074 49.88811 > [10] 50.48823 > attr(,"scaled:scale") > [1] 0.9394453 0.9757930 0.8581604 0.8560117 1.1869812 0.8558562 > 0.9807762 0.6882016 > [9] 1.0901550 0.9972455 > > > Also, >> attributes(x) <- NULL > will not work since this is matrix not vector. > > Thanks, > Mike > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > ______________________________________________ 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.
