Hi,
I would like to be able to repeat a string within a command. I think there
is an easy way but I can not figure out how.
Here is an example.
x<-1:15
I would like to turn this into the following matrix:
xm<-cbind(x,x,x,x,x)
But I would like to do so by having a command that repeats x within the
cbind command. Does that make sense? I have tried various things mainly
involving the commands "rep" and "paste" but cannot get it.
cbind(rep('x',times=5))
I am guessing that this is not good programming etiquette? Something seems
off about it. But still, I would like to know how to do it.
I do understand that I can use a for loop to easily accomplish the desired
output but am looking for a solution similar to the above syntax.
Thank you for any ideas,
Xu Wang
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