Block Matrices

Construct a block matrix using a character string initializer.

Usage

bmat(x, rows = TRUE, sep = ",", ...)

Arguments

x

A data vector, character string, or a list.

rows

Logical. If TRUE (the default) the matrix is filled by rows, otherwise the matrix is filled by columns.

sep

Separator string. Values within each row/column of x are separated by this string. Default is ",".

...

Additional optional arguments.

Value

A matrix.

See also

mat(), [dmat().

Examples

# Construct a block matrix from matrices A1, A2, and A3
A1 <- mat("1, 1; 1, 1")
A2 <- mat("2, 2; 2, 2")
A3 <- mat("3, 3, 3, 3")
bmat("A1, A2; A3")
#>      [,1] [,2] [,3] [,4]
#> [1,]    1    1    2    2
#> [2,]    1    1    2    2
#> [3,]    3    3    3    3