[R] keep dimension of a sub matrix

[Eric Lecoutre]

See

 > help("[")

which informs you about the additional argument "drop":

 > ret <-matrix(1,4,4)[i1:i2,j1:j2,drop=FALSE] ;

BTW, you do not need to end lines of code with a ";" ...

Eric


At 12:06 4/11/2004, JC Vaugeois wrote:
>Hi,
>is there any way to keep a sub matrix dimension?
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>exemple :
>i1<-1; i2<-1
>j1<-2; j2<-3;
>ret <-matrix(1,4,4)[i1:i2,j1:j2] ;
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>dim(ret) is NULL because the submatrix single col or single row is coerce 
>to a vector automaticaly.
>How can i bypass this cast  : submatrix->vector   ???????
>
>Thank you.
>
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