[R] can rows of text be repeated using R to create a new datafile

[Bob Green]

I am hoping for some advice as to whether the following task can be 
performed in R?

I have a spreadsheet with 325 rows x 3 columns. The data was collected from 
40 individuals who in most instances generated 8 bi-polar constructs  (the 
poles are separated by //). The first column is the construct number = 
1  to 325. The second is an id number =1 to 40; the third column is the 
data to be coded.  Because persons 1, 18 & 40 generated 9 rows of data, and 
person 5, 10 rows; rows =325 not 320.

What I want to do is repeat each row a set number of times - hopefully 4 
(the number of coders to code the data). Once repeated there would be 4 
conids x 1 , 4  x 2 etc 
. 4x 325.


Currently this is how the first 2 rows look:

conid	person	construct
1	1	offence against property  // offence against person
2	1	insight & cooperative with treatment //  lack insight

This is how I want them to look after editing.

conid	person	construct
1	1	offence against property  // offence against person
1	1	offence against property  // offence against person
1	1	offence against property  // offence against person
1	1	offence against property  // offence against person
2	1	insight & cooperative with treatment //  lack insight
2	1	insight & cooperative with treatment //  lack insight
2	1	insight & cooperative with treatment //  lack insight
2	1	insight & cooperative with treatment //  lack insight
2	1	insight & cooperative with treatment //  lack insight



Any assistance is much appreciated,

Bob