EIA1013

PROGRAMMING TOOLS FOR ECONOMICS

EXERCISE 1
VECTORS

QUESTIONS

1. Using R, verify that

6𝑎 + 42
= 29.50556
34.2−3.62
when a = 2.3.

2. Calculate the square root of half of the average of the numbers 25.2, 15, 16.44, 15.3
and 18.6 by using R.

3. Create an object that stores the value 32 × 41/8 . Overwrite your object by itself divided
by 2.33. Print the result to the console.

4. Create and store a sequence of values from 5 to −11 that progresses in steps of 0.3.
Overwrite the object using the same sequence with the order reversed.

5. Repeat the vector c(-1,3,-5,7,-9) twice, with each element repeated 10 times, and store
the result. Display the result sorted from largest to smallest.

6. Create and store a vector that contains the following, in this order:
– A sequence of length 5 from 3 to 6 (inclusive)
– A twofold repetition of the vector c(2,-5.1,-33)
7
– The value 42 + 2
Extract the first and last elements of your vector, storing them as a new object.

7. Create and store a vector that contains the following:

– A sequence of integers from 6 to 12 (inclusive)
– A threefold repetition of the value 5.3
– The number −3

8. Use the vector c(2,4,6) and the vector c(1,2) in conjunction with rep and * to produce
the vector c(2,4,6,4,8,12).

9. A sequence of nine values starting at 102 and ending at 100.

SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS

Q1
> a<-2.3
> (6*a+42)/(3^(4.2-3.62))
[1] 29.50556

Q2
> sqrt(x=0.5*((25.2+15+16.44+15.3+18.6)/5))
[1] 3.008987

Q3
> q2<-(3^2)*(4^(1/8))
> q2<-q2/2.33
> q2
[1] 4.593504

Q4
> q3 <- seq(from=5, to=-11, by=-0.3)
> q3 <- sort(x=q3, decreasing=FALSE)
> q3
[1] -10.9 -10.6 -10.3 -10.0 -9.7 -9.4 -9.1 -8.8 -8.5 -8.2 -7.9
[12] -7.6 -7.3 -7.0 -6.7 -6.4 -6.1 -5.8 -5.5 -5.2 -4.9 -4.6
[23] -4.3 -4.0 -3.7 -3.4 -3.1 -2.8 -2.5 -2.2 -1.9 -1.6 -1.3
[34] -1.0 -0.7 -0.4 -0.1 0.2 0.5 0.8 1.1 1.4 1.7 2.0
[45] 2.3 2.6 2.9 3.2 3.5 3.8 4.1 4.4 4.7 5.0

Q5
> bar <- rep(x=c(-1,3,-5,7,-9),times=2,each=10)
> sort(x=bar,decreasing=TRUE)
[1] 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 3 3 3 3 3
[26] 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1
[51] -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5
[76] -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9

Q6
> q4 <- c(seq(from=3,to=6,length.out=5), rep(c(2,-5.1,-33),times=2), 7/42+2)
> q4
[1] 3.000000 3.750000 4.500000 5.250000 6.000000 2.000000 -5.100000 -33.000000
[11] 2.000000 -5.100000 -33.000000 2.166667
> qnew <- q4[c(1, length(x=q4))]
> qnew
[1] 3.000000 2.166667
Q7
> baz <- c(6:12,rep(5.3,times=3),-3)
> baz
[1] 6.0 7.0 8.0 9.0 10.0 11.0 12.0 5.3 5.3 5.3 -3.0

Q8
> q5 <- rep(x=c(2,4,6),times=2)*rep(x=c(1,2),each=3)
> q5
[1] 2 4 6 4 8 12

Q9
> y=1:100
> length(y)
[1] 100
> seq(from=102,to=length(y),length.out=9)
[1] 102.00 101.75 101.50 101.25 101.00 100.75 100.50 100.25 100.00