generating a sequence

2 messages · Brian Ripley, Jonathan Rougier

Tue, Dec 21, 1999 4:59 AM #

I am a bit puzzled here. Why is that n=5 not n=4? Anyway, try

A <- matrix(1, n-1, n-1)
rA <- row(A)
rA[rA + col(A) <= n]

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Jonathan Rougier

Tue, Dec 21, 1999 6:54 AM #

On Tue, 21 Dec 1999, Prof Brian Ripley wrote:

Or, in the festive spirit,

n <- 5
rA <- outer(1:n, 1:n, "-")
rA[rA>=1]

Cheers, Jonathan.

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