[R] Filling array: No recycling

[Prof Brian Ripley]

How about

A <- array(NA, c(2,4) )
x <- 1:3
A[seq_along(x)] <- x

?

On Thu, 3 May 2007, Felix Wave wrote:

> Hello,
> is it possible to fill an array with no using of the recycling rule?
> My problem. I want to fill an array but my values have not always
> the same length.
> My aim. I want to fill the array only ONE TIME. All vacent places
> should be written with NA.
>
>
>
> Thank's a lot.
> Felix
>
>
> Example:
> --------
>
> #Write 1 to 3 only one time. The last
> #5 place should be NA.
>
> dim(as.array(letters))
> array(1:3, c(2,4) )
>
> #na.strings = "NA"
>
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