But the meaning of a 3x4 table is rather different than the meaning of a 1x12 table.
Regardless, you probably want to start with integer factorization, and can read more about implementations in R here (and elsewhere): http://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/help/05/01/10007.html Sarah On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 11:27 AM, karthick lakshman <karthick.laksh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Sarah, > > I am finally going to plot the matrix something like a rectangular or square > table. so if it is like 3X4 or 4x5 the table would look better. > > Regards. > karthick > > > On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 8:42 PM, Sarah Goslee <sarah.gos...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> Can you explain why n=12 should result in 3x4 instead of 2x6 or 6x2 or >> 4x3 or 1x12 ? >> >> On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 8:51 AM, karthicklakshman >> <karthick.laksh...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Dear R experts, >> > >> > I am interested in getting the dimensions for the matrix dynamically, >> > based >> > on the the number of elements in a matrix for example. if the number is >> > 12, >> > I should get dim= 3X4, if it is 20, dim=5X4. >> > please help me do this. >> > >> > Thank you >> > Regards >> > karthick >> > >> -- Sarah Goslee http://www.functionaldiversity.org ______________________________________________ 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.