[R] Matrix column flip when recycled

[Jeff Newmiller]

Only vectors recycle. If you don't want the behaviour if the matrix to reflect that of the underlying vector then don't use recycling. Instead use indexing.

M.1 <- M.2[rep(1:5,3),]
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Thiem  Alrik <thiem at sipo.gess.ethz.ch> wrote:

>Dear list,
>
>I have a matrix M.1 (30x2) into which I would like to paste another
>matrix M.2 (10x2) three times. However, the columns get flipped in
>every odd-numbered recycle run. How can I avoid this behavior?
>
>M.1 <- matrix(numeric(30*2), ncol = 2)
>M.2 <- t(combn(1:5, 2))
>M.1[, 1:2] <- M.2
>
>Many thanks for help,
>
>Alrik
>
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