Hi,
Is this what you want?
matrix(unlist(myList),nr=1)
Miguel
On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 4:03 PM, anna <lippelann...@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi guys, here is a list of names that I have:
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> MyList:
> > myList<-list("A", "B","C","D")
> > myList
> [[1]]
> [1] "A"
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> [[2]]
> [1] "B"
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> [[3]]
> [1] "C"
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> [[4]]
> [1] "D"
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> I want to turn this list into a matrix of 1 row and 4 columns with those
> four components (A, B, C, D) so here is what I do:
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> myDataFrame <- data.frame(myList) and here is how myDataFrame looks like:
> > myDataFrame
> X.A. X.B. X.C. X.D.
> 1 A B C D
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> Until that point everything is ok because if I want to retrieve one element
> I make
> > myDataFrame[[1]]
> [1] A
> Levels: A
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> But when I try to convert into matrix by doing this:
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> > myMatrix <- data.matrix(myDataFrame) I get this:
> > myMatrix
> X.A. X.B. X.C. X.D.
> [1,] 1 1 1 1
> He just keeps the names and delete the components...What am I doing wrong?
> Thanks in advance!
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