How to change the sign of even number rows in single column matrix in R?

To change the sign of even number rows in R matrix, we can follow the below steps −

• First of all, create a matrix.

• Then, use vector multiplication with 1 and minus 1 to change the sign of even number rows.

Example

Create the matrix

Let’s create a matrix as shown below −

M<-matrix(rpois(30,5),ncol=1) M

Output

On executing, the above script generates the below output(this output will vary on your system due to randomization) −

 [,1] [1,] 4 [2,] 5 [3,] 10 [4,] 6 [5,] 4 [6,] 4 [7,] 4 [8,] 4 [9,] 1 [10,] 6 [11,] 2 [12,] 4 [13,] 5 [14,] 5 [15,] 2 [16,] 6 [17,] 4 [18,] 7 [19,] 2 [20,] 10 [21,] 3 [22,] 5 [23,] 9 [24,] 4 [25,] 4 [26,] 4 [27,] 5 [28,] 6 [29,] 5 [30,] 6

Change the sign of even number rows

Using vector multiplication with 1 and minus 1 to change the sign of even number rows in column 1 of matrix M −

M<-matrix(rpois(30,5),ncol=1) M[,1]<-M[,1]*c(1,-1) M

Output

 [,1] [1,] 4 [2,] -5 [3,] 10 [4,] -6 [5,] 4 [6,] -4 [7,] 4 [8,] -4 [9,] 1 [10,] -6 [11,] 2 [12,] -4 [13,] 5 [14,] -5 [15,] 2 [16,] -6 [17,] 4 [18,] -7 [19,] 2 [20,] -10 [21,] 3 [22,] -5 [23,] 9 [24,] -4 [25,] 4 [26,] -4 [27,] 5 [28,] -6 [29,] 5 [30,] -6