secr (version 2.4.0)

reduce: Combine Columns

Description

Combine columns in a matrix-like object to create a new data set using the first non-zero value.

Usage

reduce (object, columns, ...)

Arguments

object

object that may be coerced to a matrix

columns

list in which each component is a vector of subscripts for columns to be pooled

...

other arguments (not used currently)

Value

• A matrix with number of columns equal to length(columns).

Details

The first element of columns defines the columns of object for the first new column, the second for the second new column etc. This is a generic method. A method exists for objects of class capthist.

See Also

capthist, reduce.capthist

Examples

## matrix with random zeros
temp <- matrix(runif(20), nc = 4)
temp[sample(20,10)] <- 0
temp

reduce(temp, list(1:2, 3:4))