Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity.
On February 24, 2017 7:37:45 PM PST, C W <tmrsg11 at gmail.com> wrote:
>Thanks for letting me know. That line does look familiar.
>
>It's interesting how I simply copy and paste from R editor can result
>in
>HTML format.
>
>On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 9:16 PM, Jeff Newmiller
><jdnewmil at dcn.davis.ca.us>
>wrote:
>
>> There is a little button near the bottom of the Gmail editing box
>that
>> switches to plain text. We can immediately tell because of the
>>
>> [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
>>
>> line when we receive it, and sometimes it loses all of the line
>breaks or
>> has extra asterisks mixed in. You can look in the archives or replies
>to
>> see what we see.
>> --
>> Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity.
>>
>> On February 24, 2017 5:55:15 PM PST, C W <tmrsg11 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >I suppose for loop will suffice.
>> >
>> >I simply copy & paste the code from R editor. From my email, it
>looks
>> >plain. Is there a way to tell?
>> >
>> >On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 8:50 PM, Jeff Newmiller
>> ><jdnewmil at dcn.davis.ca.us>
>> >wrote:
>> >
>> >> The apply function is one of many alienate ways to write a loop.
>It
>> >is not
>> >> appreciably more efficient in cpu time than a for loop.
>> >>
>> >> Your example creates the numbers in the loop... does your actual
>data
>> >get
>> >> created in a loop? If so then your original code should be
>perfectly
>> >> serviceable. If not then there might be a better way to do this,
>but
>> >you
>> >> would have to expand your example to illustrate how the data comes
>to
>> >you
>> >> in order to suggest alternatives.
>> >>
>> >> Also post using plain text to prevent your code from being mangled
>on
>> >its
>> >> way to us.
>> >> --
>> >> Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity.
>> >>
>> >> On February 24, 2017 5:27:07 PM PST, C W <tmrsg11 at gmail.com>
>wrote:
>> >> >In theory, I am generating from group 5 groups of random numbers,
>> >each
>> >> >group has 3 samples.
>> >> >
>> >> >Isn't apply() the replacement of loops?
>> >> >
>> >> >On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 8:23 PM, Jeff Newmiller
>> >> ><jdnewmil at dcn.davis.ca.us>
>> >> >wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> What is wrong with
>> >> >>
>> >> >> dat <- matrix(rnorm(15), nrow=5, ncol = 3)
>> >> >>
>> >> >> ?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> And what is this "no loop drama" you refer to? I use loops
>> >frequently
>> >> >to
>> >> >> loop around large memory gobbling chunks of code.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> --
>> >> >> Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> On February 24, 2017 5:02:46 PM PST, C W <tmrsg11 at gmail.com>
>> >wrote:
>> >> >> >Dear R,
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >I wanted to simulate a 5 by 3 matrix which fills up by either
>> >rows
>> >> >or
>> >> >> >columns?
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >I started with the following filling the matrix by rows,
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >dat <- matrix(NA, nrow=5, ncol = 3)
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >for(i in 1:5){
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > dat[i, ] <- rnorm(3)
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >}
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >But, R is known for no loop drama. Any suggestions?
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >Thanks!
>> >> >> >
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>> >code.
>> >> >>
>> >>
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