Oh and also, if it makes sense, you can use n choose k ( choose() ) to calculate each element of the triangle if you don't want to deal with indicies, addition, etc.
Jason ---- Original message ---- >Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2011 03:42:11 -0600 (CST) >From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org (on behalf of "Jason J. Pitt" <pit...@uchicago.edu>) >Subject: Re: [R] Pascal's Triangle >To: "Matilda E. Gogos" <matildaelizabe...@gmail.com>, r- h...@r-project.org > >Hi Matilda, > >My ignorance of the mathematical properties of Pascal's >Triangle might make me overlook a much easier way to do this, >but my first brute force thought was to use a list to store >each level of the triangle (i.e. a list of vectors). You can >then use the values of the previous level to calculate the >values of the next level. > >Then it should just be a matter of formatting using spaces or >tabs and printing each level (vector) in the list. There may >be some nuances to this depending how you want it to look, but >nothing a little trial and error and Googling can't solve. > >HTH, > >Jason > >---- Original message ---- >>Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2011 23:14:27 -0500 >>From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org (on behalf of "Matilda E. >Gogos" <matildaelizabe...@gmail.com>) >>Subject: [R] Pascal's Triangle >>To: r-help@r-project.org >> >>Hello, >> >>Looking to generate Pascal's triangle in R. How do I get >started? Thanks, >> >>-- >>Matilda Gogos >>matildaelizabe...@gmail.com >> >> [[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. > >______________________________________________ >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. ______________________________________________ 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.
