r number of columns or rows of result is not a multiple of vector length
# Error:
number of columns [or rows] of result is not a multiple of vector length
# Solution:
# This warning usually comes up when you're trying to combine multiple
# vectors or dataframes of unequal length with cbind or rbind. Watch
# out for this because the output is still generated, but the vectors
# that are shorter are repeated to match the length of the longest vector.
# If you want to fill the shorter rows/columns with NAs, use the process
# outlined below:
# Example usage:
# Define vectors:
vector_1 <- c("a","b","c")
vector_2 <- c("d","e","f", "g")
vector_3 <- c("h","i","j", "k", "l")
# Add NAs to shorter vectors:
n = max(length(vector_1), length(vector_2), length(vector_3))
length(vector_1) = n
length(vector_2) = n
length(vector_3) = n
cbind(vector_1, vector_2, vector_3)
vector_1 vector_2 vector_3
[1,] "a" "d" "h"
[2,] "b" "e" "i"
[3,] "c" "f" "j"
[4,] NA "g" "k"
[5,] NA NA "l"
rbind(vector_1, vector_2, vector_3)
[,1] [,2] [,3] [,4] [,5]
vector_1 "a" "b" "c" NA NA
vector_2 "d" "e" "f" "g" NA
vector_3 "h" "i" "j" "k" "l"