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How to declare a vector of zeros in R

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I suppose this is trivial, but I can't find how to declare a vector of zeros in R.

For example, in Matlab, I would write:

X = zeros(1,3); 
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PatriceG Avatar asked Oct 14 '15 07:10

PatriceG


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You have several options

integer(3) numeric(3) rep(0, 3) rep(0L, 3) 
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Thierry Avatar answered Oct 16 '22 20:10

Thierry