Why not just unlist the data.frame and specify the number of rows in a matrix each time you need look at a different layout, assuming I understand the question.
Example =================================================================== aa <- data.frame(1:100) bb <- unlist(aa) (cc <- matrix(bb, nrow=20)) ==================================================================== --- On Mon, 10/26/09, Erin Hodgess <erinm.hodg...@gmail.com> wrote: > From: Erin Hodgess <erinm.hodg...@gmail.com> > Subject: [R] reshaping a data frame > To: "R help" <r-h...@stat.math.ethz.ch> > Received: Monday, October 26, 2009, 4:09 PM > Dear R People: > > Suppose I have a data.frame, x.df, which has one column and > 100 rows. > > Sometimes I need to see it as 20 rows and 5 columns, > sometimes I need > to see it as 10 rows with 10 columns. > > Is there a quick way to make those transformations, > please? > > Thanks in advance, > Sincerely, > Erin [[elided Yahoo spam]] > > > -- > Erin Hodgess > Associate Professor > Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences > University of Houston - Downtown > mailto: erinm.hodg...@gmail.com > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > __________________________________________________________________ [[elided Yahoo spam]] ______________________________________________ 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.