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base (version 3.3)

margin.table: Compute table margin

Description

For a contingency table in array form, compute the sum of table entries for a given index.

Usage

margin.table(x, margin = NULL)

Arguments

x
an array
margin
index number (1 for rows, etc.)

Value

The relevant marginal table. The class of x is copied to the output table, except in the summation case.

Details

This is really just apply(x, margin, sum) packaged up for newbies, except that if margin has length zero you get sum(x).

See Also

prop.table and addmargins.

Examples

Run this code
m <- matrix(1:4, 2)
margin.table(m, 1)
margin.table(m, 2)

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