R devel - Feb 2008 - (PR#10799) Assigning a sub-matrix from a data frame to a

Where precisely is the bug here?  If you assign a list (d[,1:2] is a list: 
it is the whole data frame) to a numeric matrix you coerce the latter to 
mode list, and that is what happened.

If we have the simpler version

d <- data.frame(v1=1:2,v2=3:4)
x <- matrix(0, 2, 2)
x[] <- d

it may be easier to see what happened.

I think the problem is in your subject line: d[,1:2] is _not_ a 
sub-matrix.

Reproting behaviour as 'strange' without explaining what you thought 
should have happened and why leaves us guessing as to what you think the 
'bug' might be.


On Tue, 19 Feb 2008, david at opsi.co.za wrote:
> See below:
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>> d = data.frame(v1=1:2,v2=1:2)
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>> x = matrix(0,2,2)
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>> x[,1:2] = d[,1:2]
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>> x
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> [[1]]
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> [1] 1 2
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> [[2]]
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> [1] 1 2
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> [[3]]
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> [1] 1 2
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> [[4]]
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> [1] 1 2
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