Hi Joris, thanks for your help. I just had to alter it slightly (basically just transposing):
tmp <- array(rbind(t(test),t(test2)), dim=c(9,2,2), dimnames=list(colnames(test),rownames(test),c("Test","Test2"))) ftable(tmp) Thanks again! Best, Stefan On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 5:46 PM, Joris Meys <jorism...@gmail.com> wrote: > I could get something close to what you asked using a little hack, > emulating a table using an array based on your two matrices : > > test <- matrix(rpois(18,10),ncol=9,nrow=2) > colnames(test) <- paste("Dis",1:9,sep="") > rownames(test) <- c("2010","2020") > > test2 <- matrix(rpois(18,10),ncol=9,nrow=2) > colnames(test2) <- paste("Dis",1:9,sep="") > rownames(test2) <- c("2010","2020") > > tmp <- array(cbind(test,test2), > dim=c(2,9,2), > dimnames=list(rownames(test),colnames(test),c("Test","Test2"))) > > ftable(as.table(tmp)) > > Cheers > Joris > > On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 3:42 PM, stefan.d...@gmail.com > <stefan.d...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Dear all, >> an hopefully quick table question. >> >> I have the following data: >> Two objects that are 2*9 matrix with nine column names (Dis1, ..., >> Dis9) and the row names (2010,2020). The content are frequencies >> (numeric). >> >> In want to create a table that is along the lines of >> ftable(UCBAdmissions) and should looks like this: >> Dis1 | ...| Dis9 >> 2010|2020|....|2010|2020 >> (first row,first column is the value of Dis1 in 2010 from first >> object)| (first row,second column is the value of Dis1 in 2020 from >> first object)| .... >> (second row,first column is the value of Dis1 in 2010 from second >> object)| (first row,second column is the value of Dis1 in 2020 from >> second object)| .... >> and so on >> >> So basically what ftable does. But I do not understand how I can turn >> my two matrices (which already contain the frequencies) into the >> appropriate table object (if thats the way to go). >> >> Thanks and best, >> Stefan >> >> ______________________________________________ >> 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. >> > > > > -- > Joris Meys > Statistical consultant > > Ghent University > Faculty of Bioscience Engineering > Department of Applied mathematics, biometrics and process control > > tel : +32 9 264 59 87 > joris.m...@ugent.be > ------------------------------- > Disclaimer : http://helpdesk.ugent.be/e-maildisclaimer.php > ______________________________________________ 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.