[R] reshape a data frame

[Dimitris Rizopoulos]

maybe something like the following:

mdf <- data.frame(COL1 = rnorm(20))
mdf
as.data.frame(matrix(mdf$COL1, ncol = 2, byrow = TRUE))


I hope it helps.

Best,
Dimitris

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "P. Stencel" <peterstencel at yahoo.de>
To: <r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch>
Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 4:57 PM
Subject: [R] reshape a data frame


> Dear R-helpers,
>
> I am trying to reshape a data frame which consists of only one 
> column and of
> several thousand rows. My purpose is to select every second element 
> (row) of
> the data frame and to create a second column with these elements.
>
> The data frame looks like this:
>
> COL1
> 23.190779669
> 74.659456135
> 74.019522268
> 27.099553199
> 50.02049443
> 76.518205961
> 75.924447203
> 75.774890661
> ...
>
> Could anybody give me a piece of advice how to proceed? Are there 
> any
> commands to solve this problem?
>
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