[R] Vector manipulation

[Dimitris Rizopoulos]

One way is:

vec <- c(2,4,6,9,10)
c(rbind(vec[1], vec[-1]))


I hope it helps.

Best,
Dimitris


On 2/12/2012 6:54 PM, syrvn wrote:
> Hello,
>
>
> I am stuck with the following problem. Consider the vector:
>
> vec<- c(2,4,6,9,10)
>
> I now want to use R to manipulate the vector as follows:
>
> [1] 2, 4, 2, 6, 2, 9, 2, 10
>
> In words, the first element of the vector should be placed in front of each
> following number.
>
> Which R commands do I need to achieve that?
>
>
> Cheers
>
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