[R] convert matrix to dataframe with repeating row names

[Richard.Cotton at hsl.gov.uk]

> I have a matrix x with repeating row names. 

> zz<-matrix(0,4,4)
> 
> rownames(zz)=c("a","a","b","b")
> 
> data.frame(zz) (?)

The row names on a data frame should be unique.  You can try 
as.data.frame(xx, row.names=FALSE) to convert zz to be a data frame.  If 
you need the row name information, add it as a column in the data frame, 
e.g. mydataframe$rnames <- rownames(zz).  (Note to R-Core: the 
documentation for as.data.frame doesn't mention the usage of 
row.names=FALSE to ignore row names, but it seems to work consistently. 
Does the help page for as.data.frame need updating?)

> lm(as.formula(paste("final_dat[,5]~",paste(colnames(x),collapse="+"))),x
> )
> 
> this gives me a error

> Error in model.frame.default(formula =
> as.formula(paste("final_dat[,5]~",  : 
> 
>   'data' must be a data.frame, not a matrix or an array

I suspect that if you try class(x), it will be a matrix, not the requisite 
data frame.

Regards,
Richie.

Mathematical Sciences Unit
HSL


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