Hi french,

Here is a suggestion:

x <- c(2, 3, 4, 2, 1, 6, 6, 4, 7)
 matrix(x, ncol = 3)
#   [,1] [,2] [,3]
# [1,]    2    2    6
# [2,]    3    1    4
# [3,]    4    6    7

with x the column of data you have.

HTH,
Jorge


On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 2:05 PM, frenchcr <> wrote:

>
> say i have a column of data like this...
>
> 2
> 3
> 4
> 2
> 1
> 6
> 6
> 4
> 7
>
> and i want it in three columns like this
>
> 226
> 314
> 467
>
> ...so i can make a contour plot.
>
>
> How do i do this?
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