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Subject: help interpret a line of code
From: Terrence Murphy <Terrence.Murphy@yale.edu>
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 14:46:02 -0500
Dear Users,

I'm new to Splus and pardon this question, but don't understand the following lines in a program
I'm trying to use:

c83<-read.table('c:\\bin.txt',header=T)
x<-matrix(0,sum(c83$total),4)
y<-rep(0,sum(c83$total))
g<-rep(0,sum(c83$total))
k<-0

The first line reads data from a text file into a vector called c83. The second line establishes a matrix x but with what? What is the value of c83$total ? What do the three terms 0, c83$total and 4 stand for with regard to the dimensions and contents of the matrix x?

I assume the last three lines set up vectors of 0 with respective lengths of c83$total , c83$total , and 0, no ?

Any help greatly appreciated.


Terrence E. Murphy, Ph.D.
Program on Aging
Yale University
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New Haven, CT 06437
terrence.murphy@yale.edu
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