I have a matrix: C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 R1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 R2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 R3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 R4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 R5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 R6 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 R7 0 15 6 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 R8 0 9 7 18 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 R9 0 0 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 52 R10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 where most of the entries are zeros. I wish to move some of the non -zero entries to locations where there are not as many non-zero entries giving a matrix like the one below:
C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 R1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 R2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 R3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 R4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 R5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 R6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 R7 1 15 6 18 3 5 4 0 0 0 0 44 R8 8 9 7 23 17 3 2 0 0 0 0 52 R9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 R10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 R7 and R8 had more non-zero entries than all the other rows so, the non-zero entries had to be moved to R7 and R8. Can any one write a simple function that can implement this idea. Thanks in advance for your help, JN [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ 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.