[R] minimum from matrix

[Oarabile Molaodi]

Thanks it worked.
Oarabile

Gabor Csardi wrote:

>apply(a, 2, function(x) min(x[x!=0]) )
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>should do it. Might need some improvement if all numbers in a column
>can be zero, try it.
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>Gabor
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>On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 09:50:43AM +0100, oarabile at stams.strath.ac.uk wrote:
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>>I have a very large matrix with columns that have some of their
>>entries as zero
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>>A small example if a=
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>>         [,1]  [,2]  [,3]  [,4]
>>     [,1] 0     2     0     0
>>     [,2] 1     3     0     3
>>     [,3] 2     0     3     5
>>     [,4] 0     4     0     0
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>>and what to get the minimum number from each column but that number
>>should not be zero. If I use apply (a,2,min) I will get a vector of
>>zeros as the minimum but what I want it for example from column 1 I
>>should get 1 i.e for all the matrix I should get a vector (1,2,3,3). I
>>wonder if someone can give an idea on how to go about it.
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>>thanks in advance for your help.
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>>Oarabile
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