[R] Change a value in a matrix randomly

[Peter Alspach]

Tena koe Judit

If it is really a matrix (and not a data.frame) and you wish to change a randomly selected zero to a one, then

judit <- matrix(0, nrow=3, ncol=4)
judit[sample(1:length(judit), 1)] <- 1

will do.  This uses the fact that a matrix is a vector with a dim attribute.

HTH ....

Peter Alspach

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> project.org] On Behalf Of Barroso, Judit
> Sent: Wednesday, 10 November 2010 10:50 a.m.
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> Subject: [R] Change a value in a matrix randomly
> 
> I have a matrix of ceros, for example:
> 0              0              0              0
> 0              0              0              0
> 0              0              0              0
> And I would like that one of these values turn into 1, for example if
> one condition is got, but not in a concrete position if not randomly.
> Could you indicate me the code to can get it?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Judit Barroso
> 
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