[R] Making 2 dimensional vector from the 3 dimensional one

[Bert Gunter]

Like this ?

y <- array(1:24, dim = 2:4)
yy <- array(y, dim = c(6,4))


> y
, , 1

     [,1] [,2] [,3]
[1,]    1    3    5
[2,]    2    4    6

, , 2

     [,1] [,2] [,3]
[1,]    7    9   11
[2,]    8   10   12

, , 3

     [,1] [,2] [,3]
[1,]   13   15   17
[2,]   14   16   18

, , 4

     [,1] [,2] [,3]
[1,]   19   21   23
[2,]   20   22   24

> yy
     [,1] [,2] [,3] [,4]
[1,]    1    7   13   19
[2,]    2    8   14   20
[3,]    3    9   15   21
[4,]    4   10   16   22
[5,]    5   11   17   23
[6,]    6   12   18   24


Explanation: An array is simply a vector with a "dim" attribute,
inexed in column major order.  See an Intro to R (ships with R) or any
good R tutorial (e.g. on the web) for details.


Cheers,
Bert

Bert Gunter

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On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 2:43 AM, Csima, Gabriella
<gabriella.csima at metoffice.gov.uk> wrote:
> Hi All,
> I want to make a 1 dimension vector from the first two dimensions of a 3 dimension array, so make a 2 dimension vector from a 3-dimension one, with "fusing" (making as.vector) the first two dimensions.
> It seems to be very easy, but I cannot find the solution, I mean it would very strange, that I would do taking the single 1 dimensional vectors from the 3 dimensional one, make one vector from the first two vectors and make two dimension from the original 3rd one and this new one, but  I think there would be an easier way that I do not find.
> Could you help me, please?
> Thanks very much,
> Gabi
>
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