[R] combine vectors in an alternating way

[Ben Bolker]

fugelpitch <jonas <at> runtimerecords.net> writes:

> I have two vectors
> 
> min
> 0.2, 0.3, 0.6, 0.1
> 
> max
> 0.4,0.5,0.7,0.4
> 
> Is there a way to combine these two vector so that the values will be taken
> from the vectors alternating so that I will get a new
> minmaxminmaxminmax-vector?
> 
> minmax
> 0.2,0.4,0.3,0.5,0.6,0.7,0.1,0.4
> 


c(rbind(min,max))

[i.e., combine the vectors into a two-row matrix
and then flatten it, using the special knowledge
that R stores matrices in column-wise order]