[R] cannot assign dimnames

[Dimitris Rizopoulos]

Hi Dan,

try this:

?dimnames
mat <- matrix(rnorm(10*3), 10, 3)
dimnames(mat) <- list(letters[1:10], c("X", "Y", "Z"))
mat

I hope it helps.

Best,
Dimitris

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Catholic University of Leuven

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Bebber" <danbebber at forestecology.co.uk>
To: <r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch>
Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 4:46 PM
Subject: [R] cannot assign dimnames


> Dear list,
>
> If anyone knows how to assign dimnames to matrices or arrays I would 
> be most
> grateful for help. I've tried various permutations of likely-looking 
> code
> but get error messages every time. I could find no example in the
> documentation.
>
> Many thanks,
> Dan Bebber
>
> Department of Plant Sciences
> University of Oxford
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> UK
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