m<-matrix(die,nrow=2) m ## [,1][,2][,3] ## [1,] 1 3 5 ## [2,] 2 4 6 m<-matrix(die,nrow=2,byrow=True) m ## [,1][,2][,3] ##[1,] 1 2 3 ##[2,] 4 5 6