diag,character-method {dynr}

Create a diagonal matrix from a character vector

Description

Create a diagonal matrix from a character vector

Usage

## S4 method for signature 'character'
diag(x = 1, nrow, ncol)

Arguments

x

Character vector used to create the matrix

nrow

Numeric. Number of rows for the resulting matrix.

ncol

Numeric. Number of columns for the resulting matrix.

Details

We create a new method for diag with character input. The default behavior for missing nrow and/or ncol arguments is the same as for the diag function in the base package. Off-diagonal entries are filled with "0".

Value

A matrix

Examples

diag(letters[1:3])