[R] Labeling matrix data

[Prof Brian D Ripley]

On Tue, 30 Apr 2002, hkimscil wrote:

> Hello all -
>
> I am sorry if this simple question is addressed in somewhere else. But, I couldn't find it. It's been for about a week using R. . .
>
> My problem is:
>
> Reading matrix data with "scan" does not seem to allow me to incorporate matrix labels (columns, and rows).
>
> If I use read.table, I can import the lables. But, the problem is, I don't know how I make this data as matrix.

Use as.matrix or data.matrix.

You need to consider if you want a character or numeric matrix, but if all
your input is numbers (apart from row and column names) either will do.

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