[R] Combining matrices

[Gabor Grothendieck]

Try this:

kronecker(cbind(x, y), rep(1, 3))


On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 12:16 PM, Daniel Nordlund<djnordlund at verizon.net> wrote:
> If I have two matrices like
>
> x <- matrix(rep(c(1,2,3),3),3)
> y <- matrix(rep(c(4,5,6),3),3)
>
> How can I combine  them to get ?
>
> 1 1 1 4 4 4
> 1 1 1 5 5 5
> 1 1 1 6 6 6
> 2 2 2 4 4 4
> 2 2 2 5 5 5
> 2 2 2 6 6 6
> 3 3 3 4 4 4
> 3 3 3 5 5 5
> 3 3 3 6 6 6
>
> The number of rows and the actual numbers above are unimportant, they are given so as to illustrate how I want to combine the matrices.  I.e., I am looking for a general way to combine the first row of x with each row of y, then the second row of x with y, ....
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dan
>
> Daniel Nordlund
> Bothell, WA USA
>
> Thanks for
>
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