[R] Ordering every row of a matrix while ignoring off diagonal elements
Vivian Shih
vivs at ucla.edu
Mon Apr 4 05:51:33 CEST 2011
Sorry if this is a stupid question but I've been stuck on how to code
so that I can order rows of a matrix without paying attention to the
diagonal elements.
Say, for example, I have a matrix d:
> d
[,1] [,2] [,3] [,4]
[1,] 0.000000 2.384158 2.0065682 2.2998856
[2,] 2.384158 0.000000 1.4599928 2.4333213
[3,] 2.006568 1.459993 0.0000000 0.9733285
[4,] 2.299886 0.000000 0.9733285 0.0000000
Then I'd like ordered d to be like:
[,1] [,2] [,3]
[1,] 3 4 2
[2,] 3 1 4
[3,] 4 2 1
[4,] 2 3 1
So subject 1's smallest value is in column 3. Subject 2's second
smallest value would be 3, etc. Note that subject 4 has two zeros (a
"tie") but if the diagonals are not in the equation, then the minimum
value for this subject is from column 2.
Right now I coded off diagonals as missing and then order it that way
but I feel like it's cheating. Suggestions??
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