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rep()

Usage:

rep(x, n) or rep(x, repFac), where x is REAL, LOGICAL, or CHARACTER, and
  n is an integer > 0 or repFac is a vector of integers >= 0

Keywords: combining variables, variables

rep(X, n), where n is a positive integer, replicates the values in X n
times to form a vector of length n*length(X).  It is equivalent to
vector(X,X,X,...,X), where there are n repetitions of X.  X must be a
REAL, LOGICAL or CHARACTER vector, matrix, or array.

rep(X, 0) is legal an has value NULL.

rep(X, Repfac), where Repfac is a vector of integers with length(Repfac)
= length(X) and Repfac[i] >= 0, replicates the j-th element of vector(X)
Repfac[j] times.  The result has length length(X)*sum(Repfac).  If every
element of Repfac is 0, the result is NULL.

Examples:
  Cmd> rep(vector(1,3,5),4) # returns vector(1,3,5,1,3,5,1,3,5,1,3,5)
  Cmd> rep(vector(7,6,5),vector(3,0,2)) # returns vector(7,7,7,5,5)
  Cmd> a <- factor(rep(run(4),5)); b <- factor(rep(run(5),rep(4,5)))
computes factors suitable for a 4 by 5 design with no replications.
  Cmd> rep(run(5), vector(1,2,3))# ERROR! (args have different lengths)

WARNING: Because rep() is a function you cannot use the name 'rep' as a
variable name, say for a replication factor in a design.  Use 'Rep' or
'reps' instead.

See also topics vector(), run(), 'models', 'glm'.