[R] Overlaying the matrices

[Dimitris Rizopoulos]

try this:

x1 <- matrix(NA, 6, 6,
    dimnames = list(letters[1:6], LETTERS[1:6]))
x2 <- matrix(rpois(9, 1), 3, 3,
    dimnames = list(c("b","a","f"), c("D","E","F")))

x1[rownames(x2), colnames(x2)] <- x2
x1


I hope it helps.

Best,
Dimitris

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Shubha Vishwanath Karanth" <shubhak at ambaresearch.com>
To: <r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch>
Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 1:26 PM
Subject: [R] Overlaying the matrices


> Hi R,
>
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> I have a matrix,
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>> x1=matrix(NA,6,6,dimnames=list(letters[1:6],LETTERS[1:6]))
>
>> x1
>
>   A  B  C  D  E  F
>
> a NA NA NA NA NA NA
>
> b NA NA NA NA NA NA
>
> c NA NA NA NA NA NA
>
> d NA NA NA NA NA NA
>
> e NA NA NA NA NA NA
>
> f NA NA NA NA NA NA
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>
>
>> x2=matrix(rpois(9,1),3,3,dimnames=list(c("b","a","f"),c("D","E","F")))
>
>> x2
>
>  D E F
>
> b 0 3 0
>
> a 2 2 1
>
> f 1 0 0
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> I need to put the values of x2 in the corresponding elements of x1. 
> So
> then, x1 would look like:
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>   A  B  C  D  E  F
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> a NA NA NA 2 2 1
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> b NA NA NA 0 3 0
>
> c NA NA NA NA NA NA
>
> d NA NA NA NA NA NA
>
> e NA NA NA NA NA NA
>
> f NA NA NA 1 0 0
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> What would be the best way to do this?
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> Many Thanks,
>
> Shubha
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