mbind {mefa4}

Combine R Objects by Rows and Columns

Description

Combine R objects by rows and columns.

Usage

mbind(x, y, fill, ...)
mbind2(x, y, fill, ...)

Arguments

x, y

objects to combine, see Details.

fill

numeric value or NA (default) to fill up outer set (not part of union) of dimnames.

...

other argument, not used.

Details

x and y are combined in a left join manner, meaning that all the elements in x are retained, and only non-overlapping elements in y are used. Elements of the returning object that are not part of x and y (outer set) are filled up with fill.

If relational table in x is NULL, corresponding values from same table of y are used.

mbind2 combines x and y so that inner set is calculated as sum of corresponding elements from x and y (unlike in mbind with a left join manner).

Value

An object similar to the input one.

Author(s)

Peter Solymos <[e-mail]>

See Also

rbind, cbind

Examples

x=matrix(1:4,2,2)
rownames(x) <- c("a","b")
colnames(x) <- c("A","B")
y=matrix(11:14,2,2)
rownames(y) <- c("b","c")
colnames(y) <- c("B","C")

sampx <- data.frame(x1=1:2, x2=2:1,
    stringsAsFactors = TRUE)
rownames(sampx) <- rownames(x)
sampy <- data.frame(x1=3:4, x3=10:11,
    stringsAsFactors = TRUE)
rownames(sampy) <- rownames(y)
taxay <- data.frame(x1=1:2, x2=2:1,
    stringsAsFactors = TRUE)
rownames(taxay) <- colnames(y)
taxax <- NULL

mbind(x,y)
mbind(as(x,"sparseMatrix"),as(y,"sparseMatrix"))
xy <- mbind(Mefa(x,sampx),Mefa(y,sampy,taxay))
unclass(xy)

mbind2(x,y)
mbind2(as(x,"sparseMatrix"),as(y,"sparseMatrix"))
xtab(xy) <- mbind2(x, y)
unclass(xy)