[R] Diagonal matrix with off diagonal elements

[Peter Dalgaard]

Chris Stubben wrote:
> Also try the odiag function in the demogR package
>
> odiag( 1:5, -1)
>      [,1] [,2] [,3] [,4] [,5] [,6]
> [1,]    0    0    0    0    0    0
> [2,]    1    0    0    0    0    0
> [3,]    0    2    0    0    0    0
> [4,]    0    0    3    0    0    0
> [5,]    0    0    0    4    0    0
> [6,]    0    0    0    0    5    0
>
> Chris
>
>   
Also, this sort of pattern works

 > m <- matrix(0,6,6)
 > diag(m[-1,])<-1:5
 > m
     [,1] [,2] [,3] [,4] [,5] [,6]
[1,]    0    0    0    0    0    0
[2,]    1    0    0    0    0    0
[3,]    0    2    0    0    0    0
[4,]    0    0    3    0    0    0
[5,]    0    0    0    4    0    0
[6,]    0    0    0    0    5    0



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> Jonas Malmros wrote:
>   
>> Hi, everyone
>>
>> I wonder if there is a function in R with which I can create a square
>> matrix with elements off main diagonal (for example one diagonal below
>> the main diagonal).
>>
>> Thanks in advance!
>>
>> -- 
>> Jonas Malmros
>> Stockholm University
>> Stockholm, Sweden
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