A little different solution, but it gives you the matches and the columns in a more compact form. You can always take the data and use it to put into your array.
> # creation of the data matrix > c1<- c(1,4,3,2,4,1,3,2,4,3) > c2<- c(2,4,3,4,4,3,4,1,3,2) > c3<- c(1,3,2,4,4,3,4,4,2,2) > c4<- c(2,3,2,3,1,3,2,4,4,3) > c5<- c(1,2,1,1,2,2,2,3,2,1) > c6<- c(3,2,4,3,1,1,2,3,3,4) > > > X<-cbind(c1,c2,c3,c4,c5,c6) > > > > # initialize a matrix with T/F for same values > same <- matrix(FALSE, ncol=ncol(X) / 2, nrow=nrow(X)) > # set the values > for (i in 1:ncol(same)) same[,i] <- X[, 2*i-1] == X[, 2*i] > > # get all possible combinations of numbers for accessing the matrix > cbn <- combn(ncol(same), 2) # combinations take 2 at a time > cbn # see what it looks like [,1] [,2] [,3] [1,] 1 1 2 [2,] 2 3 3 > > # use this to interate through using 'lapply' since it returns value > values <- lapply(1:ncol(cbn), function(.col){ # similar to 'for', but better + match <- which(same[, cbn[1, .col]] & same[, cbn[2, .col]]) + if (length(match) == 0) return(NULL) # no matches + # now return the values + cbind(LA=X[match, 2 * cbn[1, .col]], + LB=X[match, 2 * cbn[2, .col]], + col1=cbn[1, .col], + col2=cbn[2, .col]) + }) > X c1 c2 c3 c4 c5 c6 [1,] 1 2 1 2 1 3 [2,] 4 4 3 3 2 2 [3,] 3 3 2 2 1 4 [4,] 2 4 4 3 1 3 [5,] 4 4 4 1 2 1 [6,] 1 3 3 3 2 1 [7,] 3 4 4 2 2 2 [8,] 2 1 4 4 3 3 [9,] 4 3 2 4 2 3 [10,] 3 2 2 3 1 4 > (values <- do.call('rbind', values)) LA LB col1 col2 [1,] 4 3 1 2 [2,] 3 2 1 2 [3,] 4 2 1 3 [4,] 3 2 2 3 [5,] 4 3 2 3 > On 10/19/07, Luke Neraas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > #Hi Jim, > # here is a simpler version of my puzzle > # I have added a bit of explanation near the bottom of this puzzle > # I apologize for the confusion and sloppiness earlier. > > > # I have a question regarding pairwise calculations of a matrix using a > "for-loop." > # Below I have a matrix "X" with 6 columns. These are Genotypic data so > Column1 & Column2 is > # a unit, Column3 & Column4 is a unit, Column5 & Column6 is a unit, > # I have a loop designed to calculate the number of times an individual in > Column"i" & Column"j" > # has the same value and the same individual has two values that are the > same in Column"k" & Column"l" . > # I have another series of code that adds a 2 to a specific location in a > results data frame called " result.df". > # I have written a loop that accomplishes this "pair of columns" pairwise > comparison, but it also compares > # some of the "pairs of Columns" to themselves. Is there a way to get around > this? > > > # creation of the data matrix > c1<- c(1,4,3,2,4,1,3,2,4,3) > c2<- c(2,4,3,4,4,3,4,1,3,2) > c3<- c(1,3,2,4,4,3,4,4,2,2) > c4<- c(2,3,2,3,1,3,2,4,4,3) > c5<- c(1,2,1,1,2,2,2,3,2,1) > c6<- c(3,2,4,3,1,1,2,3,3,4) > > > X<-cbind(c1,c2,c3,c4,c5,c6) > > X > > ## Creation of the result dataframe > result<- matrix(0,16,2) > result.df<-data.frame(result) > result.df[,1] <- c(1,1,1,1,2,2,2,2,3,3,3,3,4,4,4,4) > result.df[,2] <- c(1,2,3,4,1,2,3,4,1,2,3,4,1,2,3,4) > names(result.df)[1]<-"L(A)a(ij)" > names(result.df)[2]<-"L(B)a(kl)" > > result.df > > > > ### The loop written to find Double Homozygotes > > > for (i in seq(1,(ncol(X)-3), by=2)){ > j <- i+1 > for (k in seq(3,(ncol(X)-1), by=2)){ > l <- k+1 > > match.rows <- ((X [,i] == X [, j] ) & ( X [,k] == X [, l])) > > double_homo_i <- X [match.rows, i] > double_homo_k <- X [match.rows, k] > > double_homo<- cbind( double_homo_i, double_homo_k) > double_homo.df<-data.frame(double_homo,Counts=2) > names(double_homo.df)[1]<-"L(A)a(ij)" > names(double_homo.df)[2]<- "L(B)a(kl)" > > > # Below takes the result from each loop and puts in the result.df dataframe. > > count<-double_homo.df > > almost.df<-aggregate(count$Counts, list(count[,1],count[,2]), > FUN=sum) > > temp<-order(almost.df$Group.1) > final.df<-almost.df[temp,] > names(final.df)[1]<-"L(A)a(ij)" > names(final.df )[2]<-"L(B)a(kl)" > > result.df<-merge(result.df,final.df,by=c("L(A)a(ij)","L(B)a(kl)"), all.x=T) > > } > } > > > > # Below are the result I get with the code above. > > result.df > > > > # L(A)a(ij) L(B)a(kl) C1C2~C3C4 C1C2~C5C6 C3C4~C3C4 C3C4~C5C6 > # 1 1 1 NA NA NA > NA > # 2 1 2 NA NA NA > NA > # 3 1 3 NA NA NA > NA > # 4 1 4 NA NA NA > NA > # 5 2 1 NA NA NA > NA > # 6 2 2 NA NA 2 > NA > # 7 2 3 NA NA NA > NA > # 8 2 4 NA NA NA > NA > # 9 3 1 NA NA NA > NA > # 10 3 2 2 NA NA > 2 > # 11 3 3 NA NA 4 > NA > # 12 3 4 NA NA NA > NA > # 13 4 1 NA NA NA > NA > # 14 4 2 NA 2 NA > NA > # 15 4 3 2 NA NA > 2 > # 16 4 4 NA NA 2 > NA > > # The first column in result.df is the value of the number (1-4) in a the > first "column pair" comparison from "X" that has the same value in a row. > # The second column in result.df is the value of the number (1-4) in a > "column pair" comparison from "X" that has the same value in a row for that > # column pair. > # The third column in result.df has the value 2 added to the data.frame if > the condition is met. > # for example in :X" Col1 & Col2 row 3 has a "3 3" and Col3 & Col4 has a "2 > 2" in row three. Therefore the result.df$C1C2~C3C4 has a 2 added to > # the row where results.df$L(A)a(ij)=3 and results.df$L(B)a(kl)=2. > # My major problem stems from having "Column pairs" compared to themselves, > such as result.df$C3C4~C3C4 are the results from > # X[,3:4] compared to itself. > # is there way to write the loop so these "Column Pairs" are not compared to > themselves. > # Perhaps a change in the code for my loop : > # for (i in seq(1,(ncol(X)-3), by=2)){ > # j <- i+1 > # for (k in seq(3,(ncol(X)-1), by=2)){ > # l <- k+1 > > > > # Here is the Result I am looking for. > > L(A)a(ij) L(B)a(kl) C1C2~C3C4 C1C2~C5C6 C3C4~C5C6 > # 1 1 1 NA NA NA > # 2 1 2 NA NA NA > # 3 1 3 NA NA NA > # 4 1 4 NA NA NA > # 5 2 1 NA NA NA > # 6 2 2 NA NA NA > # 7 2 3 NA NA NA > # 8 2 4 NA NA NA > # 9 3 1 NA NA NA > # 10 3 2 2 NA 2 > # 11 3 3 NA NA NA > # 12 3 4 NA NA NA > # 13 4 1 NA NA NA > # 14 4 2 NA 2 NA > # 15 4 3 2 NA 2 > # 16 4 4 NA NA NA > > > # Any help or ideas would be greatly appreciated > > # Thanks in advance > > # Luke Neraas > > # [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > # University of Alaska Fairbanks > # School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences > # 11120 Glacier Highway > # UAF Fisheries Division > # Juneau, AK 99801 > > > > -- Jim Holtman Cincinnati, OH +1 513 646 9390 What is the problem you are trying to solve? ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.