A <- matrix(1:9,ncol=3) x <- c(0,1,0) M <- matrix(ncol=3,nrow=3) M<-A for(i in 1:3) { if(x[i]){ M[,i] <-0 } } } M
The outcome you want is to set all of the middle column values to zero. So I used x as a logical in an if test and when true everything in that column is set to zero. Your approach also works but you must go through each element explicitly. A <- matrix(1:9,ncol=3) x <- c(0,1,0) M <- matrix(ncol=3,nrow=3) for(j in 1:3){ for(i in 1:3){ ifelse(x[i]==1, M[j,i]<-0, M[j,i]<-A[j,i]) } } M Tim -----Original Message----- From: R-help <r-help-boun...@r-project.org> On Behalf Of Uwe Freier Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2022 11:06 AM To: r-help@r-project.org Subject: [R] Confusing fori or ifelse result in matrix manipulation [External Email] Hello, sorry for the newbie question but I can't find out where I'm wrong. A <- matrix(1:9,ncol=3) x <- c(0,1,0) M <- matrix(ncol=3,nrow=3) for(i in 1:3) { M[,i] <- ifelse(x[i] == 0, A[,i], 0) } expected: > M [,1] [,2] [,3] [1,] 1 0 7 [2,] 2 0 8 [3,] 3 0 9 but the result is: > M [,1] [,2] [,3] [1,] 1 0 7 [2,] 1 0 7 [3,] 1 0 7 If I do it "manually": > M[,1] <- A[,1] > M[,2] <- 0 > M[,3] <- A[,3] M is as expected, where is my misconception? Thanks for any hint and best regards, Uwe ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__stat.ethz.ch_mailman_listinfo_r-2Dhelp&d=DwICAg&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=9PEhQh2kVeAsRzsn7AkP-g&m=eyJm06tVDfKvtMDgz6oIWM-WVdoW3Szzb5G6rq0cCO_cB6ljj2x80E4oRkt3Vgba&s=K2RWPvtxaxwigGGH2oOrg8qiDWC5KTu60b8Wjybwsg4&e= PLEASE do read the posting guide https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.R-2Dproject.org_posting-2Dguide.html&d=DwICAg&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=9PEhQh2kVeAsRzsn7AkP-g&m=eyJm06tVDfKvtMDgz6oIWM-WVdoW3Szzb5G6rq0cCO_cB6ljj2x80E4oRkt3Vgba&s=L9VXAAYzIzrG2h17hBO-Qfg_EoS2mRQbjs3sRESp62Q&e= and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.