iemisc (version 0.5.0)

numel: Number of elements (GNU Octave/MATLAB compatible)

Description

Obtain the number of elements of R objects [arrays, matrices, and vectors (including lists)] in a manner compatible with GNU Octave/MATLAB. Some documentation from length.

Usage

numel(x, ...)

Arguments

x

An R object (array, matrix, vector)

...

R objects (indices idx1, idx2, ...)

Value

• "Return the number of elements in the R object x. Optionally, if indices idx1, idx2, ... are supplied, return the number of elements that would result from the indexing a(idx1, idx2, ...)." Source: Eaton page 41.

encoding

UTF-8

source

1. r - Add a Column to a Dataframe From a List of Values - Stack Overflow answered by Matthew Plourde on Jun 21 2012. Seehttp://stackoverflow.com/questions/11130037/add-a-column-to-a-dataframe-from-a-list-of-values/11130178.
2. r - Why does is.vector() return TRUE for list? - Stack Overflow answered by Andrie on May 17 2011. Seehttp://stackoverflow.com/questions/6032772/why-does-is-vector-return-true-for-list/6032909.

References

1. Samit Basu (2002-2006). FreeMat v4.0,http://freemat.sourceforge.net/.
2. John W. Eaton, David Bateman, and Søren Hauberg (2009).GNU Octave version 3.0.1 manual: a high-level interactive language for numerical computations. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 1441413006, URLhttp://www.gnu.org/software/octave/doc/interpreter/. Page 41.

See Also

numel, numel, size, length

Examples

library(iemisc)
library(import)
import::from(pracma, ones)
xx <- list(1:26, 1:10)
numel(xx)

# Examples from GNU Octave numel
a <- 1
b <- ones(2, 3)
numel(a, b)

a <- 2
b <- ones(2, 3)
c <- ones(3, 4)
numel(a, b)
numel(a, b, c)

f <- matrix(c(10, 12, 23, 21, 62, 93), nrow = 2, ncol = 3, byrow = TRUE)
g <- c(2, 4)
numel(f, g)


# check against GNU Octave
library(RcppOctave) # requires Octave (>= 3.2.4) and its development files
o_source(text = "
xx = {1:26, 1:10}

\% Examples from GNU Octave numel
a = 1;
b = ones(2, 3);
numel(a, b)

a = 2;
b = ones(2, 3);
c = ones(3, 4);
numel(a, b)
numel(a, b, c)

f = [10 12 23; 21 62 93];
g = [2 4];
numel(f, g)
")