R/vechMat.R

In mixmeta: An Extended Mixed-Effects Framework for Meta-Analysis

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### R routines for the R package mixmeta (c)
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vechMat <-
function(mat, diag=TRUE) {
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  if(!is.matrix(mat)) mat <- as.matrix(mat)
  if(diff(dim(mat))!=0) stop("Non-square matrix")
#
  mat[lower.tri(mat,diag=diag)]
}