R help - Jun 2008 - Create a new vector with filled with mean value of original vector

Hi,

Given this vector:
> x <- c(30.9, 60.1  , 70.0 ,  73.0 ,  75.0 ,  83.9 ,  93.1 ,  97.6 , 
98.8 , 113.9)
 [1]  30.9  60.1  70.0  73.0  75.0  83.9  93.1  97.6  98.8 113.9
> mean.x <- mean(x)
[1] 79.63

I wish to:

1. Create a new vector (nx) with the same size as "x"
2. Fill "nx" with the mean value

thus in the end I hope to get something like:

[1] 79.63 79.63 79.63 79.63 79.63 79.63 79.63 79.63 79.63 79.63

Is there a way to do it?

- Gundala Viswanath
Jakarta - Indonesia

On 23 Jun 2008, at 10:47, Gundala Viswanath wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Given this vector:
>
>> x <- c(30.9, 60.1  , 70.0 ,  73.0 ,  75.0 ,  83.9 ,  93.1 ,   
>> 97.6 ,  98.8 , 113.9)
> [1]  30.9  60.1  70.0  73.0  75.0  83.9  93.1  97.6  98.8 113.9
>
>> mean.x <- mean(x)
> [1] 79.63
>
> I wish to:
>
> 1. Create a new vector (nx) with the same size as "x"
> 2. Fill "nx" with the mean value
>
> thus in the end I hope to get something like:
>
> [1] 79.63 79.63 79.63 79.63 79.63 79.63 79.63 79.63 79.63 79.63
One way would be:

rep(mean(x),length(x))

--Hans

On Mon, 2008-06-23 at 17:47 +0900, Gundala Viswanath
wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Given this vector:
> 
> > x <- c(30.9, 60.1  , 70.0 ,  73.0 ,  75.0 ,  83.9 ,  93.1 ,  97.6 ,
98.8 , 113.9)
>  [1]  30.9  60.1  70.0  73.0  75.0  83.9  93.1  97.6  98.8 113.9
> 
> > mean.x <- mean(x)
> [1] 79.63
> 
> I wish to:
> 
> 1. Create a new vector (nx) with the same size as "x"
> 2. Fill "nx" with the mean value
> rep(mean(x), length(x))
 [1] 79.63 79.63 79.63 79.63 79.63 79.63 79.63 79.63 79.63 79.63

You have asked several introductory R questions today, suggesting you
are a new useR. This basic material is covered in the documentation
provided with R or available from the R Website. I suggest you start
with 'An Introduction to R':

http://cran.r-project.org/manuals.html

The first 30 or so pages of which describe the major pieces of basic R
usage. Far more efficient to consult the docs than to wait for a
response from the list, even if the response time on R-Help is
generally /very/ quick!

HTH

G
> 
> thus in the end I hope to get something like:
> 
> [1] 79.63 79.63 79.63 79.63 79.63 79.63 79.63 79.63 79.63 79.63
> 
> Is there a way to do it?
> 
> - Gundala Viswanath
> Jakarta - Indonesia
> 
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