[R] Error in rep in matrix - Windows 8- R 3.2.1

[David Winsemius]

On Aug 8, 2015, at 1:44 PM, Nikita Dinger wrote:

> y <- matrix(rep(10,4),2,2)
>> y
>     [,1] [,2]
> [1,]   10   10
> [2,]   10   10
> 
> 
> 
> I expected an output of
>> y
>     [,1] [,2]
> [1,]   10   4
> [2,]   10   4
> 

When you get something you don't expect, you should start by examining the arguments. Type this at your console:

rep(10,4)

It should then be obvious that you need to read the help page for `rep`.

-- 
David.
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David Winsemius
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