[R] storing matrix(variables) in loop

[William Dunlap]

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> [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org] On Behalf Of Márcio Resende
> Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 7:45 AM
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> Subject: [R] storing matrix(variables) in loop
> 
> 
> Hello R-helpers,
> I have the following code that works well, 
> 
> b <-list()
> for (i in 1:3){
> a <- matrix(runif(1),3,3)
> b[[i]] <- a
> }
> b
> 
> however, I need to do something similar with two loops and I 
> was looking for
> something that would look like
> 
> b <- list()
> for (i in 1:3){
> for (j in 1:4){
> a <- matrix(runif(1),3,3)
> b[[i,j]] <- a #but this doesn´t work
> }
> }

To use multidimensional subscripting on
b you must tell the system what the dimensions
of b are.  E.g., make b with
   b <- matrix(list(), nrow=3, ncol=4) 
(instead of b<-list()) and then run your
nested loops.

After the loops b will be a 3x4 matrix, each of
whose elements contains a 3x3 matrix.  Is that
what you wanted?  If all the elements are of the
same size and type, a 3x3x3x4 numeric "array" may be
more convenient.

Another approach is to make b a list of 3 lists,
each of which is a list of 4 3x3 matrices:
 b <- list()
 for(i in 1:3) {
    b[[i]] <- list()
    for(j in 1:4) {
      b[[i]][[j]] <- matrix(10*i+j+runif(1), 3, 3)
    }
 }
after which we get
 > b[[2]][[4]]
          [,1]     [,2]     [,3]
 [1,] 24.42999 24.42999 24.42999
 [2,] 24.42999 24.42999 24.42999
 [3,] 24.42999 24.42999 24.42999
or the equivalent
 > b[[c(2,4)]]
          [,1]     [,2]     [,3]
 [1,] 24.42999 24.42999 24.42999
 [2,] 24.42999 24.42999 24.42999
 [3,] 24.42999 24.42999 24.42999

Bill Dunlap
Spotfire, TIBCO Software
wdunlap tibco.com  

> 
> Anyway, I wanted "b" to loop like
> [[i=1, j=1]]         [[i=1, j=2]]     (...)
> a[i=1, j=1]           a[i=1,j=2]      (...)
> 
> [[i = 2, j=1]]    (...)
> a[i = 2, j = 1]   (...)
> 
> (...)
> 
> Can anybody help me?
> Thanks
> 
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