[Rd] what does negative indexing in a matrix mean?

[Simon Urbanek]

On Nov 12, 2008, at 11:28 , Itziar Frades Alzueta wrote:

> Hi,
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> Does anyone know what the negative indexing of a matrix mean?
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?`[`

          For '['-indexing only: 'i, j, ...' can be logical vectors,
           indicating elements/slices to select.  Such vectors are
           recycled if necessary to match the corresponding extent.  'i,
           j, ...' can also be negative integers, indicating
           elements/slices to leave out of the selection.

.. so in your case you're removing one of the predictors (and I don't  
think you really have a matrix there ...).

Cheers,
S



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> I am using the RWeka and this evaluate classifier does not work on new
> data like this
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> e <- evaluate_Weka_classifier(m1235,newdata=XW4, complexity =
> FALSE,class = FALSE)
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> while it work with negative indexing:
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> e <- evaluate_Weka_classifier(m1235,newdata=XW4[,-2], complexity =
> FALSE,class = FALSE)
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> Although I do not understand what negative indexing of a matrix means,
> or whether it produces any transformation.
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> Regards,
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> Itziar Frades
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