[R] Vector to Matrix transformation

[Chuck Cleland]

Shubha Vishwanath Karanth wrote:
> Hi R,
> 
> I have a vector V1 of unknown length, say n. I need to convert this into
> a matrix C of row size=5, and accordingly the column should be updated.
> I tried with:
> 
> C=as.matrix(V1,5,n/5)
> 
> But it is not working...Could somebody help me on this?

  You could try the following:

matrix(V1, nrow=5)

  but note what happens when the length of V1 is not a multiple of 5.

> Thanks in advance...
> 
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