[R] permutation of rows of a matrix

Manuel López-Ibáñez manuellopezibanez at yahoo.es
Sat Apr 15 16:44:26 CEST 2006


help(sample) does not say anything about randomly permuting the rows of 
a matrix M by using M[sample(m,m),]. Perhaps it could be added as an 
example of use.

John Fox wrote:
> Dear Jose,
> 
> M[sample(m, m),] will randomly permute the rows of M. [You probably could
> have figured this out via help.search("permutation"), which would have led
> you to sample().]
> 
> Regards,
>  John
> 
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> John Fox
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> 
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch 
>>[mailto:r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of javargas
>>Sent: Saturday, April 15, 2006 7:53 AM
>>To: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
>>Subject: [R] permutation of rows of a matrix
>>
>>How can I generate a random permutation between rows of a 
>>matrix M (of m rows and n columns)?
>>
>>Thanks for your help,
>>
>>Jose
>>
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