[R] matrix indices

[KAREN KOTSCHY]

Hi

Could somebody please explain the following to me:
If x is a 10x10 matrix,
typing x[3] prints all 10 values of column 3, although the length of 
the vector =1. Why?
x[,3] and x[[3]] both give all 10 values of column 3, length=10. 
What is the difference between these two, actually?

Thanks
Karen Kotschy
Centre for Water in the Environment
Department of Botany
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg
South Africa
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