try this: > x [,1] [,2] [,3] [,4] [1,] 1 2 3 4 [2,] 1 2 4 1 [3,] 1 3 4 2 [4,] 2 3 4 3 [5,] 2 3 4 3 > apply(x, 2, function(.col)dimnames(table(.col))[[1]][which.max(table(.col))]) [1] "1" "3" "4" "3" >
On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 5:23 AM, Muhammad Azam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Respected R helpers/ users > I am one of the new R user. I have a problem regarding to know which of the > integer in each column of the following matrix is in majority. I want to > know that integer e.g. in the first column 1 is in majority. Similarly in > the third column 4 is in majority. So what is the suitable way to get the > desired integer for each column. I am looking for some kind reply. Thanks > example: > > x=matrix(c(1,1,1,2,2,2,2,3,3,3,3,4,4,4,4,4,1,2,3,3),ncol=4) > > x > [,1] [,2] [,3] [,4] > [1,] 1 2 3 4 > [2,] 1 2 4 1 > [3,] 1 3 4 2 > [4,] 2 3 4 3 > [5,] 2 3 4 3 > > > best regards > > Muhammad Azam > Ph.D. Student > Department of Medical Statistics, > Informatics and Health Economics > University of Innsbruck, Austria > > > > [[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<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? [[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.