R: Convert a matrix into a vector, with appropriate names

unmatrix {gdata} | R Documentation

## Convert a matrix into a vector, with appropriate names

### Description

Convert a matrix into a vector, with element names constructed from the row and column names of the matrix.

### Usage

    unmatrix(x, byrow=FALSE)

### Arguments

`x` | matrix
`byrow` | Logical. If `FALSE`, the elements within columns will be adjacent in the resulting vector, otherwise elements within rows will be adjacent.

### Value

A vector with names constructed from the row and column names from the matrix. If the the row or column names are missing, ('r1', 'r2', ..,) or ('c1', 'c2', ..) will be used as appropriate.

### Author(s)

Gregory R. Warnes greg@warnes.net

### See Also

`as.vector`

### Examples

    # simple, useless example
    m <- matrix( letters[1:10], ncol=5)
    m
    unmatrix(m)

    # unroll model output
    x <- rnorm(100)
    y <- rnorm(100, mean=3+5*x, sd=0.25)
    m <- coef( summary(lm( y ~ x )) )
    unmatrix(m)

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