Many thanks, guys. Tony
On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 11:28 PM, Richard Kwock <richardkw...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hi Tony, > > The dimnames parameter is only in the matrix() function, not in the > as.matrix() function. > > #So you can do: > A <- matrix(rbind(Fert,M), nrow = nrow(rbind(Fert,M))) > A > > #This for example will allow you to name your row and colums. > B <- matrix(rbind(Fert,M), nrow = nrow(rbind(Fert,M)), dimnames = > list(c("r1" , "r2", "r3"), c("c1", "c2", "c3"))) > B > > Richard > > > > On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 5:39 AM, tony toca <meddee1...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Dear R sages, >> >> I used the function rbind to combine a matrix (M) and a vector (Fert) to >> get a new matrix (A). This was fine. >> >> The issue is however, that the new matrix A has as its row names the name >> of the vector Fert, even though I set teh new vector A to have >> dimnames=NULL. See short code below fyi. >> >> *Fert<-c(0,1,5) >> * >> *M <- matrix(0, 2, 3) >> diag(M) <- c(0.3,0.5) >> * >> *A<- as.matrix(rbind(Fert,M),dimnames=NULL) >> A* >> >> >> Any insights as to how to remove the row names from the new vector would >> be >> greatly appreciated. >> >> Many thanks, >> Tony >> >> [[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. >> > > [[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.