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\name{cBind}
\alias{cBind}
\alias{rBind}
%no \alias{cbind}
%no \alias{rbind}
%
\title{Versions of 'cbind' and 'rbind' recursively built on cbind2/rbind2}
\description{
  The base functions \code{\link{cbind}} and \code{\link{rbind}} are
  defined for an arbitrary number of arguments and hence have the first
  formal argument \code{...}.  For that reason, S4 methods cannot easily
  be defined for binding together matrices inheriting from \code{\link{Matrix}}.

  For that reason, \code{\link{cbind2}} and \code{\link{rbind2}} have
  been provided for binding together \emph{two} matrices, and we have
  defined methods for these and the \code{'Matrix'}-matrices.

  As a substitute for \emph{S4-enabled} versions of \code{cbind} and
  \code{rbind}, you can use \code{cBind} and \code{rBind} with identical
  syntax and semantic in order to bind together multiple matrices
  (\code{"matrix"} or \code{"Matrix"} and vectors.
}
\usage{
%no cbind(..., deparse.level = 1)
%no rbind(..., deparse.level = 1)
cBind(..., deparse.level = 1)
rBind(..., deparse.level = 1)
}
\arguments{
  \item{\dots}{matrix-like \R objects to be bound together, see
    \code{\link{cbind}} and \code{\link{rbind}}.}
  \item{deparse.level}{integer determining under which circumstances
    column and row names are built from the actual arguments'
    \sQuote{expression}, see \code{\link{cbind}}.}
}
\details{
  The implementation of these is \emph{recursive}, calling
  \code{\link[methods]{cbind2}} or
  \code{\link[methods]{rbind2}} respectively, where these have methods
  defined and so should dispatch appropriately.
}
\value{
  typically a \sQuote{matrix-like} object of a similar
  \code{\link{class}} as the first argument in \code{\dots}.
}
% \references{ ~put references to the literature/web site here ~ }
\author{Martin Maechler}
\seealso{\code{\link{cbind2}}, \code{\link{cbind}},
  \code{\link[methods]{Methods}}.
}
\examples{
(a <- matrix(c(2:1,1:2), 2,2))
cbind(0, rBind(a, 7)) # remains traditional matrix

D <- Diagonal(2)
cBind(4, a, D, -1, D, 0) # a sparse Matrix
}
\keyword{array}
\keyword{manip}