[R] R: cbind

[Uwe Ligges]

Clark Allan wrote:

> hi all
> 
> 
> are we able to combine column vectors of different lengths such that the
> result appears in matrix form?
> 
> e.g.
> 
> a=1
> b=1:3
> d=1:4
> 
> then
> 
> z=CBIND(a,b,d)
> 
> 
> 1 1 1
>   2 2
>   3 3
>     4
> 
> i stil want the following!
> z[,1]=1
> z[,2]=1:3
> z[,3]=1:5
> 
> i made up the name of this function. we could use "cbind" but it does
> not seem to allows this!

See my other message: You probably want a list.

If not, the sparce matrix classes provided by package Matrix might be 
worth considering.

Uwe Ligges



> thanking you in advance.
> 
> /
> allan
> 
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