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thismatrix <- matrix(c("apple", "banana", "cherry", "orange","grape", "pineapple", "pear", "melon", "fig"), nrow = 3, ncol = 3)thismatrix[c(1,2),][,1] [,2] [,3] [1,] "apple" "orange" "pear" [2,] "banana" "grape" "melon"
thismatrix <- matrix(c("apple", "banana", "cherry", "orange","grape", "pineapple", "pear", "melon", "fig"), nrow = 3, ncol = 3)thismatrix[c(1,2),][,1] [,2] [,3] [1,] "apple" "orange" "pear" [2,] "banana" "grape" "melon"