Thanks for help!
However, changing the index from i to j for the column vector changes the
output. I would like the matrix to be the following:
-1 1 0 0 0 0 0
0 -1 1 0 0 0 0
0 0 -1 1 0 0 0
.....
etc.
How to code it?
Best,
Maija
>> myMatrix <- matrix(0,5,12)
>> for(i in 1:nrow(myMatrix)) {
>> for(i in 1:ncol(myMatrix)) {
>> myMatrix[i,i] = -1
>> myMatrix[i,i+1] = 1
>> }}
>> print(myMatrix)
ma 6. elok. 2018 klo 13.58 Rui Barradas (ruipbarradas at sapo.pt) kirjoitti:
> Hello,
>
> Eric is right but...
>
> You have two assignments. The second sets a value that will be
> overwritten is the next iteration by myMatrix[i,i] = -1 when 'i'
becomes
> the next value.
>
> If you fix the second index and use 'j', you might as well do
>
> myMatrix[] = -1
> myMatrix[, ncol(myMatrix)] = 1
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Rui Barradas
>
> ?s 10:24 de 06/08/2018, Eric Berger escreveu:
> > Both loops are on 'i', which is a bad idea. :-)
> > Also myMatrix[i,i+1] will be out-of-bounds if i = ncol(myMatrix)
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Aug 6, 2018 at 12:02 PM, Maija Sirkj?rvi <
> maija.sirkjarvi at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> I have a basic for loop with a simple matrix. The code is doing
what it
> is
> >> supposed to do, but I'm still wondering the error
"subscript out of
> >> bounds". What would be a smoother way to code such a basic
for loop?
> >>
> >> myMatrix <- matrix(0,5,12)
> >> for(i in 1:nrow(myMatrix)) {
> >> for(i in 1:ncol(myMatrix)) {
> >> myMatrix[i,i] = -1
> >> myMatrix[i,i+1] = 1
> >> }}
> >> print(myMatrix)
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance!
> >>
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