Question

Hi I have the data with 2 columns, name and salary. There are total 12 names and For each name there are 48 rows of salary I have splitted the data*(data has 48 rows for each name)* so that I got separate blocks of data for each name (likewise I got 12 blocks)
Now I want to convert each block of data into a 4R and 12C matrix and write that each block to a .pdf or .doc file
please tell me if it works in this direction or shud I try another way?

Answer 1

If you know latex, you can use xtable as explained in my comment. This will give you latex code for a table that you can copy-paste in your editor (or send to a text file, see the help files). So what you do can be done as :

# some sample data, please give us that next time you post a question
myframe <- data.frame(
    name=rep(letters[1:3],each=48),
    salary=runif(48*3,1000,2000)
)
# make the matrices
mylist <- tapply(myframe$salary, myframe$name,matrix,nrow=4,byrow=T)
# make some tables. If you want to format them, see the help files
require(xtable)
lapply(mylist,xtable)