This is what I get: > temp2 <- matrix(rnorm(10),nc=1,nrow=5) > rownames(temp2) <- c("a","b","c","d","e","f","g","h","i") Error in dimnames(x) <- dn : length of 'dimnames' [1] not equal to array extent > R.version.string [1] "R version 2.8.1 Patched (2008-12-26 r47350)"
On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 1:18 AM, <markle...@verizon.net> wrote: > this is a bad question but I can't figure it out and i've tried. if i sort > the 2 column > matrix , temp1, by the first column, then things work as expected. But, > if I sort the 1 column matrix, temp2, then it gets turned coerced to a > vector. I realize that I > need to use drop=FALSE but i've put it in a few different places with no > success. Thanks. > > temp1 <- matrix(rnorm(10),nc=2,nrow=5) > rownames(temp1) <- c("a","b","c","d","e") > print(temp2) > temp1 <- temp1[order(temp1[,1]),] > print(temp1) > > temp2 <- matrix(rnorm(10),nc=1,nrow=5) > rownames(temp2) <- c("a","b","c","d","e","f","g","h","i") > print(temp2) > temp2 <- temp2[order(temp2[,1]),] # PROBLEM IS HERE > print(temp2) > > ______________________________________________ > 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.