[R] How to stack the columns of matrix

[Roger Bivand]

On Wed, 12 Jun 2002, Dr. Peter Schlattmann wrote:

> Dear all,
> 
> I need to stack the columns of a matrix with a variable number of columns.
> I am aware of 
> 
> new<-c(a[,1],a[,2])
> 
> if I have a matrix 'a' with e.g. two columns. For a simulation study I
> need to stack 
> the matrix with a variable number of columns. Is there a way to do this?
> 

aa <- matrix(1:25, nrow=5)
aa
as.vector(aa)

as.vector() seems to stack as you require by column.

Roger

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