Matrix made from a list: m <- list(sin, 1:3, letters[1:3], expression(a+b)) dim(m) <- c(2, 2) dimnames(m) <- list(letters[1:2], LETTERS[1:2]) class(m) # matrix
or M <- structure(list(sin, 1:3, letters[1:3], expression(a+b)), .Dim = c(2, 2), .Dimnames = list(c("a", "b"), c("A", "B"))) class(M) # matrix On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 10:03 PM, Toby <tobias.weingart...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm trying to figure out how I can get a generalized 2D > list/array/matrix/whatever > working. Seems I can't figure out how to make the variables the right > type. I > always seem to get some sort of error... out of bounds, wrong type, wrong > dim, etc. > Very confused... :) > > x[["some label", "some other index"]] <- 3 > x[["some other label", "something else"]] <- 4 > > I don't know the indexes/label ahead of time... they get generated... Any > thoughts? > > -Toby. > > [[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. > ______________________________________________ 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.