Try
gexp.arr <- data.matrix(gexp, rownames.force = FALSE)
You are still supposed to get a matrix with one row (not a vector -
dim(gexp.arr) is c(1,8) and not NULL).
--- On Thu, 12/6/08, Gundala Viswanath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From: Gundala Viswanath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: [R] Data.matrix fail to convert data.frame into matrix
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Received: Thursday, 12 June, 2008, 1:28 PM
> Hi,
>
> With the following codes, I attempt to convert
> the data.frame into a matrix.
>
> However I notice that data.matrix function doesn't
> seem to work.
>
> __ BEGIN__
> dat <- read.table("mydata", comment.char =
> "!" , na.strings = "null");
> # Select n-genes by random sample
> # n = 1
> nosamp <- 1
> geneid <- sequence(nrow(dat))
> geneid.samp <- sample(geneid,nosamp)
> geneid.samp
>
> gexp<- dat[geneid.samp,]
> gexp.arr <- data.matrix(gexp, rownames.force = NA)
> print(is.matrix(gexp.arr))
> print(gexp.arr)
>
> __END__
>
> Yielding this output:
>
> __BEGIN__
> > print(is.matrix(gexp.arr))
> [1] TRUE
> > print(gexp.arr)
> V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8
> 10354 803.1 1107.8 431.6 349.8 386.7 646.3 744.2 620.9
> __END__
>
> I expect "gexp.arr" to be a plain vector
> (numeric).
> What's wrong with my code above?
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> Gundala Viswanath
> Jakarta-Indonesia
>
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