Dear Dinesh, Have a look at ?cast for the reshape package
> dataset <- data.frame(Col1 = LETTERS[1:3], Col2 = sort(rev(LETTERS)[1:3]), value = 1:3) > dataset Col1 Col2 value 1 A X 1 2 B Y 2 3 C Z 3 > library(reshape) > cast(Col1 ~ Col2, data = dataset, fill = 0) Col1 X Y Z 1 A 1 0 0 2 B 0 2 0 3 C 0 0 3 HTH, Thierry ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- ir. Thierry Onkelinx Instituut voor natuur- en bosonderzoek / Research Institute for Nature and Forest Cel biometrie, methodologie en kwaliteitszorg / Section biometrics, methodology and quality assurance Gaverstraat 4 9500 Geraardsbergen Belgium tel. + 32 54/436 185 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.inbo.be To call in the statistician after the experiment is done may be no more than asking him to perform a post-mortem examination: he may be able to say what the experiment died of. ~ Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher The plural of anecdote is not data. ~ Roger Brinner The combination of some data and an aching desire for an answer does not ensure that a reasonable answer can be extracted from a given body of data. ~ John Tukey -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Namens dinesh kumar Verzonden: donderdag 6 november 2008 1:53 Aan: r-help@r-project.org Onderwerp: [R] Reshape a matrix Dear R users, I have a matrix like A X 1 B Y 2 C Z 3 I want to reshape this matrix into this format X Y Z A 1 B 2 C 3 Thanks in advance for your help. Dinesh -- Dinesh Kumar Barupal Junior Specialist Metabolomics Fiehn Lab UCD Genome Center 451 East Health Science Drive GBSF Builidng University of California DAVIS 95616 http://fiehnlab.ucdavis.edu/staff/kumar [[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. Dit bericht en eventuele bijlagen geven enkel de visie van de schrijver weer en binden het INBO onder geen enkel beding, zolang dit bericht niet bevestigd is door een geldig ondertekend document. The views expressed in this message and any annex are purely those of the writer and may not be regarded as stating an official position of INBO, as long as the message is not confirmed by a duly signed document. ______________________________________________ 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.
