[R] t() converts data.frames ind matrix

[Uwe Ligges]

Jan Malte Wiener wrote:
> 
> hi,
> i just recognized  that the t() function converts a data frames into a
> matrix (R 1.5). is that a bug or a feature ?

It's a feature. You cannot transpose a data.frames, so implicitly you
convert the data.frame to a matrix and transpose that matrix! See code
of t.data.frame().

Uwe Ligges
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