For example I have two column vectors (string)
A = { "aa", "ab", "ac" }
B = { "bb", "bc" }
I want to create:
AB = aa .
ab bb
ac bc
or
AB = aa bb
ab bc
ac .
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If your data are string arrays, then you could concatenate a "." onto the top (or bottom) of the string array with fewer rows, like this:
string A = { "aa", "ab", "ac" };
string B = { "bb", "bc" };
B2 = "."$|B;
AB = A$~B2;
"AB = " AB;
In the code above, $| performs vertical concatenation of strings and string arrays while $~ performs horizontal concatenation of strings and string arrays.
If what you have is instead character matrices, then you have the option of adding a GAUSS missing value as the extra element or a character dot:
AM = { "aa", "ab", "ac" };
BM = { "bb", "bc" };
BM2 = miss(0,0)|B;
ABM = A~B2;
"AB = " AB;
The miss function creates a missing value. If you wanted instead to add a character dot, then change the assignment of BM2 to:
BM2 = "."|B;
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If your data are string arrays, then you could concatenate a "." onto the top (or bottom) of the string array with fewer rows, like this:
string A = { "aa", "ab", "ac" };
string B = { "bb", "bc" };
B2 = "."$|B;
AB = A$~B2;
"AB = " AB;
In the code above, $| performs vertical concatenation of strings and string arrays while $~ performs horizontal concatenation of strings and string arrays.
If what you have is instead character matrices, then you have the option of adding a GAUSS missing value as the extra element or a character dot:
AM = { "aa", "ab", "ac" };
BM = { "bb", "bc" };
BM2 = miss(0,0)|B;
ABM = A~B2;
"AB = " AB;
The miss function creates a missing value. If you wanted instead to add a character dot, then change the assignment of BM2 to:
BM2 = "."|B;