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6 messages · Kristel Joossens, Marc Schwartz, vincent@7d4.com

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Dear R-helpers,

I apologize for this certainly simple question.
I have the following R lines :

 > m  = matrix(1:12 , 3 , 4);
 > m
      [,1] [,2] [,3] [,4]
[1,]    1    4    7   10
[2,]    2    5    8   11
[3,]    3    6    9   12

 > m1 = subset(m , m[,2]>=5);
 > m1
[1]  2  3  5  6  8  9 11 12

but in fact I would appreciate m1 to be also a matrix,
and thus would like to get :

 > m1
      [,1] [,2] [,3] [,4]
[2,]    2    5    8   11
[3,]    3    6    9   12

... but I don't find how to do ?
(probably it is very simple ! double shame.).
Thanks for any hint or pointer.
Vincent
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Do you mean simply m[m[,2]>=5,] ?

Kristel
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On Sat, 2005-11-12 at 20:24 +0100, vincent at 7d4.com wrote:
What version of R are you using?  You did not indicate this in your post
as you are asked to do in the posting guide.

In R version 2.1.0, a matrix method was added to the subset() function,
so I am guessing that you are several versions out of date. Please
upgrade to the latest version, which is 2.2.0, where you will get:
[,1] [,2] [,3] [,4]
[1,]    2    5    8   11
[2,]    3    6    9   12


Also, you do not need the semi-colons at the end of each line. They are
only generally used if you wish to place more than one R statement on a
single line.

HTH,

Marc Schwartz
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Marc Schwartz a ??crit :
I apologize for that, I use Version 2.0.1
So, I will upgrade, thanks.
I'm an old C programmer ... and it's an old (good) behavior.
Without semicolons at the end of lines I feel naked like a worm in the
desert. (I'll keep them).

Thanks for your kind help.

Vincent
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Kristel Joossens a ??crit :
yes. Arghh !!!
Thanks to all of you for your helpful answers.
Vincent
1 day later
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Marc Schwartz a ??crit :
I upgraded and it works fine.
Thanks for the hint.

Many thanks also to the authors of the function, Peter Dalgaard
and prof Ripley (I suspect prof Ripley is responsible for
the matrix improvment ?).

Many thanks also to all the contributors to the last
version of this wonderful software.

Vincent