Get Index Locations of Non-Zero Values in Matrix in R (Example Code)

In this tutorial you’ll learn how to find the index locations of non-zero values in a matrix in the R programming language.

Example Data

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x <- matrix(sample(0:3, 12, replace = TRUE),    # Example matrix in R
            ncol = 4)
x                                               # Display example matrix in RStudio console
#      [,1] [,2] [,3] [,4]
# [1,]    3    0    2    0
# [2,]    3    3    3    2
# [3,]    0    1    3    3

Example: How to Find Index Positions of Non-Zero Values in Matrix

x_nonz <- which(x != 0, arr.ind = T)            # Find non-zero cells
x_nonz                                          # Matrix with non-zero locations
#       row col
#  [1,]   1   1
#  [2,]   2   1
#  [3,]   2   2
#  [4,]   3   2
#  [5,]   1   3
#  [6,]   2   3
#  [7,]   3   3
#  [8,]   2   4
#  [9,]   3   4

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