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prop.table {base}R Documentation

Express table entries as fraction of marginal table

Description

This is really sweep(x, margin, margin.table(x, margin), "/") for newbies.

Usage

prop.table(x, margin)

Value

Table like x expressed relative to margin

Author(s)

Peter Dalgaard

See Also

margin.table

Examples

m<-matrix(1:4,2)
m
prop.table(m,1)

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