?colnames On July 3, 2023 11:00:32 AM PDT, "Sorkin, John" <jsor...@som.umaryland.edu> wrote: >I am trying to create an array, myvalues, having 2 rows and 4 columns, where >the column names are j,k,xxx1,xxx2. The code below fails, with the following >error, "Error in dimnames(myvalues) <- list(NULL, zzz) : > length of 'dimnames' [2] not equal to array extent" > >Please help me get the code to work. > >Thank you, >John > ># create variable names xxx1 and xxx2. >string="" >for (j in 1:2){ > name <- paste("xxx",j,sep="") > string <- paste(string,name) > print(string) >} ># Creation of xxx1 and xxx2 works >string > ># Create matrix >myvalues <- matrix(nrow=2,ncol=4) >head(myvalues,1) ># Add "j" and "k" to the string of column names >zzz <- paste("j","k",string) >zzz ># assign column names, j, k, xxx1, xxx2 to the matrix ># create column names, j, k, xxx1, xxx2. >dimnames(myvalues)<-list(NULL,zzz) > > >______________________________________________ >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.
-- Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. ______________________________________________ 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.