try this
colSums(matrix(x,8))
regards,
PF
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2008/7/23 Shubha Vishwanath Karanth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Hi R,
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>
> Let,
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> x=1:80
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> I want to sum up first 8 elements of x, then again next 8 elements of x,
> then again another 8 elements..... So, my new vector should look like:
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> c(36,100,164,228,292,356,420,484,548,612)
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> I used:
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> aggregate(x,list(rep(1:10,each=8)),sum)[-1]
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> or
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> rowsum(x,group=rep(1:10,each=8))
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> But without grouping, can I achieve the required? Any other ways of
> doing this?
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> Thanks, Shubha
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