Sorry for inconvenience. For clarification,
The matrix B looks like
> B
P Q
[1,] 1 1
[2,] 1 2
[3,] 1 3
[4,] 1 4
[5,] 2 1
[6,] 2 2
[7,] 2 3
[8,] 2 4
[9,] 3 1
[10,] 3 2
[11,] 3 3
[12,] 3 4
[13,] 4 1
[14,] 4 2
The matrix E is
> E
P Q
[1,] 4 1
[2,] 4 2
[3,] 4 3
[4,] 4 4
On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 11:47 AM, Kathryn Lord <kathryn.lord2...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Dear R users,
>
> Suppose I have a matrix A.
>
> > p <- 1:4
> > q <- 1:5
> > P<-rep(p, each=5)
> > Q<-rep(q, 4)
> >
> > A <- cbind(P,Q)
> > A
> P Q
> [1,] 1 1
> [2,] 1 2
> [3,] 1 3
> [4,] 1 4
> [5,] 1 5
> [6,] 2 1
> [7,] 2 2
> [8,] 2 3
> [9,] 2 4
> [10,] 2 5
> [11,] 3 1
> [12,] 3 2
> [13,] 3 3
> [14,] 3 4
> [15,] 3 5
> [16,] 4 1
> [17,] 4 2
> [18,] 4 3
> [19,] 4 4
> [20,] 4 5
> >
>
>
> With the matrix A, I'd like to generate new matrices B, ..., E below.
>
> B = A[(3,4), (1,2)]
> C = A[(2,2), (1,5), (1,1)]
> D = A[(4,2)]
> E = A[(3,0), (1,4)]
>
>
> Matrix B means that first three 'p's (1,2,3) has four 'q's (1,2,3,4) and
> the forth 'p' element (4) has two 'q's (1,2); in other words,
>
> Is there the easyiest way to create B,...,E in R?
>
> Actually, the example above is a toy example and the matrix A I have is
> around 10,000 by 10,000 and the pattern is also very complicated.
>
> Any suggestion will be greatly appreciated.
>
> Best,
>
> Kathryn Lord
>
>
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