[R] Merge two vectors into one

[Rolf Turner]

On 24/03/14 08:37, David Winsemius wrote:
>
> On Mar 22, 2014, at 3:22 PM, Tham Tran wrote:
>
>> Dear R users,
>>
>> Given two vectors x and y
>> a=1 2 3
>> b=4 5 6
>>
>> i want to combine them into a single vector z as 1 4 2 5 3 6
>
> One way:
>
>   c( matrix(c(a,b), nrow=2, byrow=TRUE) )

It is more perspicuous to use

         as.vector(matrix(c(a,b), nrow=2, byrow=TRUE))

The end result is the same, but it is better to be explicit, rather than 
relying on the side-effect of the c()-function.

See fortune("convert a matrix").

cheers,

Rolf