[R] sub() of matrix returns a vector and not a matrix

[Wolfram Fischer - Z/I/M]

Is there a simple possibility
to become directly a matrix
from a call of sub() on a matrix?


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	# R 1.4.1

> a <- matrix( letters[1:6], 2, 3 )
	# a is a matrix
> print( a )
     [,1] [,2] [,3]
[1,] "a"  "c"  "e" 
[2,] "b"  "d"  "f" 

> b <- sub( '(.)', '-\\1-', a )
	# I had expected b to be a matrix
	# but b is a vector
> print( b )
[1] "-a-" "-b-" "-c-" "-d-" "-e-" "-f-"


> dim(b) <- dim(a)
> print( b )
	# b is now a matrix again
     [,1]  [,2]  [,3] 
[1,] "-a-" "-c-" "-e-"
[2,] "-b-" "-d-" "-f-"

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Wolfram Fischer
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