--- Mallika Veeramalai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> Sorry for this basic question as I am new to this R.
> I would like to know,
> is it possible to consider a matrix with some
> columns having numeric data
> and some other's with characters (strings) data?
> How do I get this type of
> data from a flat file.
>
> Thanks very much,
> mallika
If I understand the question the answer is NO. A
matrix must be of one type of data.
I think that what you want is a data.frame wich allows
mixed categores of data.
Try this to see the difference.
a <- c('a','b','c')
b <- c( 1,2,3)
aa <- cbind(a,b)
aa
class(aa)
bb <- data.frame(a,b)
bb
class(bb)
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