dimnames(y)[[paste('x', idx, sep="")]] On Dec 18, 2007 6:01 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a matrix y: > > > dimnames(y) > $x93 > [1] "1" "2" > > $x94 > [1] "0" "1" "2" > .................. so on (there are other dimensions as well) > > > > I need to access a particular dimension, but a random mechanism tells me > which dimension it would. So, sometimes I might need to access > dimnames(y)$x93, some other time it would be dimnames(y)$x94.. and so on. > Now let that random dimension be idx, then dimnames(y)$paste('x',idx,sep='') > doesn't work. > > Can anyone help? > > Thanks! > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >
-- Jim Holtman Cincinnati, OH +1 513 646 9390 What is the problem you are trying to solve? ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.