Hi everyone, I am having trouble with creating a loop to subtract arrays. In R, this is what I have done: > Vobsr <- read.csv("Observed_Flow.csv", header = TRUE, sep =",") # see data > below > Vsimr <- read.csv("1000Samples_Vsim.csv", header = TRUE, sep =",") # see > data below
> Vobsr <- as.matrix(Vobsr[,-1]) # remove column 1 from analysis thus Vobsr > is 101x1 double matrix (column 1 is date information) > Vsimr <- as.matrix(Vsimr[,-1]) # remove column 1 from analysis thus Vsimr > is 101x1000 double matrix (column 1 is date information) > Vobsr - Vsimr Error in Vobsr - Vsimr : non-conformable arrays Thus I attempted to create the loop below to perform the subtraction operation for each of the 1000 columns. > dim(Vsimr)[2] [1] 1000 > for (i in 1:dim(Vsimr)[2]) { Xjj <- Vobsr - Vsimr[,i] } Xjj is a 101x1 double matrix rather than a 101X1000 double matrix How can I subtract each column of Vsimr from the single column of Vobsr over the 1000 columns present? I would like to thank each of you in advance for your assistance. How can I subtract each column of Vsimr from the single column of Vobsr over the 1000 columns present? I would like to thank each of you in advance for your assistance. I am including some of the data from the files that I am operating on below: 1 column of Observed_Flow.csv 81.071 73.187 66.991 62.482 59.662 58.529 59.085 61.328 65.259 70.878 78.184 87.179 97.862 110.23 124.29 140.08 157.57 176.76 197.63 220.18 244.4 270.31 297.88 327.14 358.09 390.71 425.03 461.03 498.72 538.09 579.16 621.91 666.35 712.48 760.29 809.8 860.99 913.87 968.44 1024.7 1082.6 1142.3 1203.6 1266.6 1331.3 1397.7 1465.7 1535.5 1606.9 1680.1 1754.9 1831.4 1907.1 1981.9 2055.9 2129 2201.3 2272.7 2343.3 2413.1 2482 2550.1 2617.3 2683.7 2749.2 2813.9 2877.8 2940.8 3003 3064.3 3124.8 3184.4 3243.2 3301.1 3358.2 3414.5 3469.9 3524.4 3578.2 3631 3683.1 3734.3 3784.6 3834.1 3882.8 3930.6 3977.6 4023.7 4069 4113.4 4157 4199.8 4241.7 4282.7 4323 4362.3 4400.9 4438.6 4475.4 4511.4 4546.6 2 columns of 1000 columns of 1000Samples_Vsim.csv 81.07 81.07 73.19 73.19 65.81 67.16 58.93 63 52.55 60.7 46.68 60.25 41.31 61.67 36.44 64.95 32.08 70.08 28.22 77.08 24.86 85.94 22.01 96.65 19.65 109.23 17.8 123.67 16.46 139.96 15.61 158.12 15.27 178.14 15.43 200.02 16.1 223.75 17.27 249.35 18.94 276.81 21.11 306.13 23.79 337.31 26.97 370.34 30.65 405.24 34.84 442 39.52 480.62 44.71 521.1 50.41 563.44 56.61 607.64 63.31 653.7 70.51 701.62 78.21 751.4 86.42 803.04 95.13 856.53 104.35 911.89 114.06 969.11 124.28 1028.2 135.01 1089.1 146.23 1151.9 157.96 1216.6 170.19 1283.1 182.93 1351.5 196.16 1421.7 209.9 1493.8 224.15 1567.8 238.89 1643.6 254.14 1721.3 269.89 1800.8 286.15 1882.2 302.91 1965.5 320.17 2050.6 337.18 2134.8 353.93 2218.1 370.44 2300.4 386.69 2381.8 402.7 2462.3 418.45 2541.8 433.95 2620.4 449.2 2698.1 464.2 2774.9 478.94 2850.7 493.44 2925.6 507.68 2999.5 521.67 3072.6 535.41 3144.7 548.9 3215.8 562.14 3286.1 575.12 3355.4 587.86 3423.8 600.34 3491.2 612.57 3557.7 624.55 3623.3 636.28 3688 647.76 3751.7 658.98 3814.5 669.96 3876.4 680.68 3937.3 691.15 3997.3 701.37 4056.4 711.34 4114.6 721.06 4171.8 730.52 4228.1 739.74 4283.4 748.7 4337.9 757.41 4391.4 765.87 4443.9 774.08 4495.6 782.04 4546.3 789.74 4596.1 797.2 4644.9 804.4 4692.8 811.35 4739.8 818.05 4785.9 824.5 4831 830.7 4875.2 836.64 4918.5 842.33 4960.8 847.78 5002.2 852.97 5042.7 857.91 5082.3 -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/loop-to-subtract-arrays-error-tp4650001.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________ 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.