[R] matrix transpose

[Rolf Turner]

On 16/02/2009, at 8:36 AM, Roger wrote:

> This is supposed to be an easy operation, but R 2.8.1 on Mac OS X  
> gives me a
> lot trouble. the t() function simply does not work properly.  What  
> I mean is
> it works sometimes but does not work at the most of the time, even  
> with the
> same matrix.
>
> this is an example taken from R help
>
>> a <- matrix(1:30, 5,6)
>> t(a)
> Error in t(a) : unused argument(s) (1:30)
>
> It just gives this error.  If I restart my Mac (Yeah, have to  
> restart the
> OS), then there are chances t() works, but sometimes it still does  
> not work.
>
> Can anyone give me another way to compute the transpose in R?

No.  That's the only way. :-)

(1) I have no problem doing your example (on Mac OS X).

(2) The error is weird in that you passed the argument ``1:30'' to  
matrix()
     not to t().  Something is corrupted in your system.  What  
happens when
     you just type ``a'' (rather than t(a)) after creating a?  What  
happens
     when you type ``t'' (no parentheses) and ``matrix'' (no  
parentheses)?

(3) Possibly you have a workspace that is corrupted in some way.  Try  
starting
     R with the --no-restore-data flag and see what happens.  Or  
move .RData
     to (say) ``save.RData'' before you start R, and see what happens.

(4) Good luck!

	cheers,

		Rolf Turner

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