[R] Create matrix with variable number of columns AND CREATE NAMES FOR THE COLUMNS

[Heinz Tuechler]

Sorkin, John wrote/hat geschrieben on/am 01.07.2024 17:54:
> #I am trying to write code that will create a matrix with a variable number of columns where the #number of columns is 1+Grps
> #I can do this:
> NSims <- 4
> Grps <- 5
> DiffMeans <- matrix(nrow=NSims,ncol=1+Grps)
> DiffMeans
>
> #I have a problem when I try to name the columns of the matrix. I want the first column to be NSims, #and the other columns to be something like Value1, Value2, . . . Valuen where N=Grps
>
> # I wrote a function to build a list of length Grps
> createValuelist <- function(num_elements) {
>   for (i in 1:num_elements) {
>     cat("Item", i, "\n", sep = "")
>   }
> }
> createValuelist(Grps)
>
> # When I try to assign column names I receive an error:
> #Error in dimnames(DiffMeans) <- list(NULL, c("NSim", createValuelist(Grps))) :
> # length of 'dimnames' [2] not equal to array extent
> dimnames(DiffMeans) <- list(NULL,c("NSim",createValuelist(Grps)))
> DiffMeans
>
> # Thank you for your help!
>
>
> John David Sorkin M.D., Ph.D.
> Professor of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine;
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>
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>
maybe:
NSims <- 4
Grps <- 5
DiffMeans <-
     matrix(nrow=NSims,ncol=1+Grps,
            dimnames=list(NULL, c('Nsimn', paste('Item', 1:Grps, sep=''))))
DiffMeans

best,
Heinz

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