[R] request: How to get column name

[Chuck Cleland]

On 9/3/2008 11:05 AM, Petr PIKAL wrote:
> r-help-bounces at r-project.org napsal dne 03.09.2008 15:54:08:
> 
>> try this:
>>
>> x <- c(3,3,3,3,0,0,0,0,5,5,5,5,8,8,8,8)
>> x <- matrix(x, nrow=4)
>>
>> which(colSums(x == 0) == nrow(x))
> 
> Isn't this the same?
> 
> which(colSums(x)==0)

  No, because the column sum can be zero without each element being zero:

x <- c(3,3,3,3,1,-1,1,-1,5,5,5,5,8,8,8,8)
x <- matrix(x, nrow=4)

> which(colSums(x == 0) == nrow(x))
integer(0)

> which(colSums(x)==0)
[1] 2

> Regards
> Petr
> 
>> I hope it helps.
>>
>> Best,
>> Dimitris
>>
>>
>> Muhammad Azam wrote:
>>> Dear R community
>>> I have a problem regarding which of the column in a matrix contains 
> all of 
>> zero elements. e.g.
>>> x=c(3,3,3,3,0,0,0,0,5,5,5,5,8,8,8,8); x=matrix(x, nrow=4)
>>> the output is
>>>
>>>> x
>>>>
>>>      [,1] [,2] [,3] [,4]
>>> [1,]    3    0    5    8
>>> [2,]    3    0    5    8
>>> [3,]    3    0    5    8
>>> [4,]    3    0    5    8
>>> In this case the required column is second so the result should be 
> "2". How 
>> can i get it? 
>>>
>>> best regards
>>>
>>> Muhammad Azam 
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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