Combine Vectors, Matrix or Data Frames by Rows in R Language rbind() Function (original) (raw)

Last Updated : 15 Jul, 2025

In this article, we will discuss how we Combine Vectors, Matrices, or Data Frames by Rows in R Programming Language using rbind function.

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rbind() Function in R

What is rbind function?

The rbind function combines or concatenates data frames or matrices by rows. the rbind stands for row binds it shows that it appends rows of one object to another.

**Syntax:

rbind(x1, x2, ..., deparse.level = 1)

**Parameters:x1, x2: vector, matrix, data frames

**deparse.level: This value determines how the column names are generated. The default value of deparse.level is 1.

Combine Vectors using rbind() Function

We will create two vectors and combine them with the help of rbinf function.

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R program to illustrate

rbind function

Initializing two vectors

x <- 2:7 y <- c(2, 5)

print the value of x

x

print the value of y

y

Calling rbind() function

rbind(x, y)

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**Output:

[1] 2 3 4 5 6 7
[1] 2 5
[,1] [,2] [,3] [,4] [,5] [,6]
x 2 3 4 5 6 7
y 2 5 2 5 2 5

Combine Matrix using rbind() Function

We will create two matrix and combine them with the help of rbinf function.

R `

create one matrix

a1<-matrix(1:9,3,3) a1

Create second matrix

a2<-matrix(10:18,3,3) a2

combine the both metrix

rbind(a1,a2)

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**Output:

 [,1] [,2] [,3]  

[1,] 1 4 7
[2,] 2 5 8
[3,] 3 6 9
[,1] [,2] [,3]
[1,] 10 13 16
[2,] 11 14 17
[3,] 12 15 18
[,1] [,2] [,3]
[1,] 1 4 7
[2,] 2 5 8
[3,] 3 6 9
[4,] 10 13 16
[5,] 11 14 17
[6,] 12 15 18

Combine data frame using rbind() Function

We will create two data frame and combine them with the help of rbinf function.

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Create the first data frame

df1 <- data.frame( Name = c("Anurag", "Nishant", "Jayesh"), Age = c(25, 30, 22), Score = c(90, 85, 92) ) df1

Create the second data frame

df2 <- data.frame( Name = c("Vipul", "Shivang", "Pratham"), Age = c(28, 35, 27), Score = c(88, 91, 89) ) df2

Combine the data frames by rows

combined_df <- rbind(df1, df2)

Display the result

print(combined_df)

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**Output:

 Name Age Score  

1 Anurag 25 90
2 Nishant 30 85
3 Jayesh 22 92
Name Age Score
1 Vipul 28 88
2 Shivang 35 91
3 Pratham 27 89
Name Age Score
1 Anurag 25 90
2 Nishant 30 85
3 Jayesh 22 92
4 Vipul 28 88
5 Shivang 35 91
6 Pratham 27 89

Combine data frame having missing values

We will create two data frames having missing values and combine them with the help of rbinf function.

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Create the first data frame

df1 <- data.frame( Name = c("Anurag", "Nishant", "Jayesh"), Age = c(25, NA, 22), Score = c(90, 85, NA) ) df1

Create the second data frame

df2 <- data.frame( Name = c("Vipul", "Shivang", "Pratham"), Age = c(NA, 35, 27), Score = c(88, NA, 89) ) df2

Combine the data frames by rows

combined_df <- rbind(df1, df2)

Display the result

print(combined_df)

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**Output:

 Name Age Score  

1 Anurag 25 90
2 Nishant NA 85
3 Jayesh 22 NA
Name Age Score
1 Vipul NA 88
2 Shivang 35 NA
3 Pratham 27 89
Name Age Score
1 Anurag 25 90
2 Nishant NA 85
3 Jayesh 22 NA
4 Vipul NA 88
5 Shivang 35 NA
6 Pratham 27 89

Here are the some of the examples for Combine Vectors, Matrix or Data Frames by Rows in R Programming Language. for combining rows it is necessary that it contain same amount of columns.