Hi,
You could use: as.matrix(expand.grid(vec1x3,vec1x3)) #or as.matrix(expand.grid(rep(list(vec1x3),2))) #or library(gtools) permutations(3, 2, vec1x3, repeats.allowed=TRUE) A.K. On Tuesday, October 15, 2013 7:14 PM, Stock Beaver <stockbea...@ymail.com> wrote: # I understand that a good way to build a vector from a sequence of integers, # is to use syntax like this: myvec = c(1:99) # Here is the 'short' version of my question: # I want to understand a 'good' way to build a matrix from a sequence of integers. # If that question is not clear, here is a longer version: # Here is what I did for a 1D-matrix: # I pick the sequence 1:3 # I build a vector: vec1x3 = c(1:3) vec1x3 # I transform it into a 1 x 3 matrix: m1x3 = matrix(vec1x3, c(length(vec1x3),1)) m1x3 # [,1] # [1,] 1 # [2,] 2 # [3,] 3 # > # That was easy. # Next I want to expand from a 1 x 3 matrix to a 2 x 9 matrix # which contains all combinations of 1:3 # So the first 4 rows would look like this: # 1 1 # 1 2 # 1 3 I call this a rowvec # 2 1 # My first idea is write a loop like this: for (i in 1:3) { for(j in 1:3) { rowvec = c(i,j) # Place rowvec in matrix } } # I'm curious if a skilled R-person would do it differently? [[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.