[R] convert a vector of words into a matrix

[Henrique Dallazuanna]

Try this:

print(t(sapply(strings, '[', 1:max(sapply(strings, length)))), na=".")


On 7/24/08, Daren Tan <daren76 at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> I want the matrix to look like this:
>
>      [,1] [,2] [,3] [,4]
> [1,] "1" "2" "3"
> [2,] "1" "2" [3,] "1" "2" "4" "5"
>
> I tried to use do.call(rbind, strings) but failed due to unequal row lengths.
> > Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:35:21 +0100> From: pburns at pburns.seanet.com> To: daren76 at hotmail.com> CC: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch> Subject: Re: [R] convert a vector of words into a matrix> > And what should the matrix look like?> > > Patrick Burns> patrick at burns-stat.com> +44 (0)20 8525 0696> http://www.burns-stat.com> (home of S Poetry and "A Guide for the Unwilling S User")> > Daren Tan wrote:> > How to convert the strings into matrix ?> > > > (strings <- strsplit(c("1 2 3", "1 2", "1 3 4 5"), " "))[[1]][1] "1" "2" "3"> > [[2]][1] "1" "2"> > [[3]][1] "1" "3" "4" "5"> > > > _________________________________________________________________> > Easily edit your photos like a pro with Photo Gallery.> >> > [[alternative HTML version deleted]]> >> > ______________________________________________> > R-help at r-project.org mailing list> > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help> > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html> > and provide commented,!
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