symMatrix: Symmetric Matrix

In miscTools: Miscellaneous Tools and Utilities

Description

Create a Symmetric Matrix.

Usage

   symMatrix( data = NA, nrow = NULL, byrow = FALSE,
   upper = FALSE )

Arguments

data	an optional data vector.
nrow	the desired number of rows and columns.
byrow	logical. If 'FALSE' (the default) the matrix is filled by columns, otherwise the matrix is filled by rows.
upper	logical. If 'FALSE' (the default) the lower triangular part of the matrix (including the diagonal) is filled, otherwise the upper triangular part of the matrix is filled.

Value

a symmetric matrix.

Author(s)

Arne Henningsen

See Also

matrix, lower.tri.

Examples

   # fill the lower triangular part by columns
   symMatrix( 1:10, 4 )
   # fill the upper triangular part by columns
   symMatrix( 1:10, 4, upper = TRUE )
   # fill the lower triangular part by rows
   symMatrix( 1:10, 4, byrow = FALSE )

miscTools documentation built on Dec. 9, 2019, 3 a.m.