[R] extracting rows and columns from a big matrix

Nordlund, Dan (DSHS/RDA) NordlDJ at dshs.wa.gov
Mon Jul 16 19:51:27 CEST 2012


And we have one more demonstration of why the posting guide calls for a reproducible example.

Dan

Daniel J. Nordlund
Washington State Department of Social and Health Services
Planning, Performance, and Accountability
Research and Data Analysis Division
Olympia, WA 98504-5204

> -----Original Message-----
> From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-
> project.org] On Behalf Of William Dunlap
> Sent: Monday, July 16, 2012 10:39 AM
> To: A J; smartpink111 at yahoo.com
> Cc: r-help at r-project.org
> Subject: Re: [R] extracting rows and columns from a big matrix
> 
> Did you ever show the code that caused the problem?
> In particular, was it one very long line of code?  It is possible
> that copying and pasting a long line into R might cause problems,
> but the details would depend on which OS you are using and
> which user interface you are using.  The "+" prompt means
> that R did not see the end of an expression, typically because
> of an unmatched quotation mark or left parenthesis.
> 
> Of course, the whole line might have been entered and there
> may have been a missing ")" or "'" in it, but no one can tell
> without seeing the code.
> 
> Bill Dunlap
> Spotfire, TIBCO Software
> wdunlap tibco.com
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-
> project.org] On
> > Behalf Of A J
> > Sent: Monday, July 16, 2012 9:56 AM
> > To: smartpink111 at yahoo.com
> > Cc: r-help at r-project.org
> > Subject: Re: [R] extracting rows and columns from a big matrix
> >
> >
> > I guess R is enough poweful to subset  greater than 300x300. But if
> it is a problem
> > regarding dataset I am wondering why codes are working splitting the
> 1788 journal
> > label set into 6 groups of around 300 labels... Summarizing: if you
> put the whole set it
> > doesn't work. If you divide into groups of around 300 labels, it
> does.
> >
> > I keep thinking it's a liitle bit strange. I have checked labels from
> matrix and there is
> > not any inconsistency
> >
> > I will try to get different groups and then I will join them with
> "merge" function. I
> > think maybe not the best solution, but at least, I hope it works.
> >
> > Thanks everybody!
> >
> > AJ


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