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Learn matrix() Function | Matrices
R Introduction
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matrix() Function

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The matrix() function creates a matrix from a single vector. It allows you to specify how many rows and columns the matrix should have, and whether it should be filled by rows or by columns.

Function Overview

matrix(data = NA, nrow = 1, ncol = 1, byrow = F)
  • data: the vector used to fill the matrix;
  • nrow: number of rows;
  • ncol: number of columns;
  • byrow: if TRUE, the matrix is filled row by row; if FALSE - column by column.
Note
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The length of the vector must be divisible by either nrow or ncol. If both are specified, then nrow * ncol must equal the vector length.

Example

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# Vector of integers num <- 1:9 # Fill by columns (default) matrix(num, nrow = 3, ncol = 3) # Fill by rows matrix(num, nrow = 3, ncol = 3, byrow = T)

The first matrix is filled column by column (default configuration), while the second one is filled row by row.

Note
Study More

The seq() function can generate ranges similarly to a colon (:):

  • seq(a, b) generates integers from a to b;
  • seq(a, b, c) generates integers from a to b with step size c.
Task

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You have a vector of numbers named num:

2  4  6  8 10 12 14 16

Based on this vector, you need to build the following matrix:

 2  4  6  8
10 12 14 16

Use the matrix() function to do this.

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