y-data.html" class="external-link">tidy</a> data
frame into a data frame containing a column of matrices.</p>
<p>Furthermore, <code>matsbyname</code> is a sister package that</p>
<ul>
<li>provides matrix algebra functions that respect names of matrix rows
and columns (<code>dimnames</code> in <code>R</code>) to free the
analyst from the task of aligning rows and columns of operands
(matrices) passed to matrix algebra functions and</li>
<li>allows matrix algebra to be conducted within data frames using <a hr