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

[ripley@stats.ox.ac.uk]

On Tue, 20 Aug 2002, Uwe Ligges wrote:

> 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().

The help page for R-devel (the next version of R-to-be) says so
explicitly, which may help users.

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