Read a matrix coded in a Matlab style into Rto
create an object of class matrix
Usage
Matlab2R(M)
Arguments
M
an object of class character that represents a numeric matrix coded in a Matlab style.
Value
An object of class matrix.
Details
Matlab reads matrices using a unique one-line notation that can prove useful for storage in databases
and importing multiple matrices into a program at once, amongst other applications. This notation
is by row, with "[" and "]" to specify the beginning and end of the matrix respectively, ";" to
specify a new row and a space between each matrix element. Thus, the Rmatrix created using
matrix(c(0,1,2,0.5,0.1,0,0,0.6,0.6), byrow=TRUE, ncol=3) may is equivalent to
[0 1 2;0.5 0.1 0;0 0.6 0.6].
Matlab2R takes a Matlab-coded matrix expressed as a character string and uses string-splitting
and string-building techniques to convert it into an Robject of class matrix. As well as providing a
simpler means of matrix notation in R, it also enables simultaneous import of multiple matrices of
varying dimensions, using comma-seperated dataframes and tables.