What is wrong with dat <- matrix(rnorm(15), nrow=5, ncol = 3)
? And what is this "no loop drama" you refer to? I use loops frequently to loop around large memory gobbling chunks of code. -- Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. On February 24, 2017 5:02:46 PM PST, C W <tmrs...@gmail.com> wrote: >Dear R, > >I wanted to simulate a 5 by 3 matrix which fills up by either rows or >columns? > >I started with the following filling the matrix by rows, > >dat <- matrix(NA, nrow=5, ncol = 3) > >for(i in 1:5){ > > dat[i, ] <- rnorm(3) > >} > >But, R is known for no loop drama. Any suggestions? > >Thanks! > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > >______________________________________________ >R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.