Hi Morgan, I think there is a discussion on how developers include a function in base R in another thread:
https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-devel/2019-October/078551.html Best, Jiefei On Fri, Oct 11, 2019 at 8:19 AM Morgan Morgan <morgan.email...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, 11 Oct 2019 10:45 Duncan Murdoch, <murdoch.dun...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > On 11/10/2019 6:44 a.m., Morgan Morgan wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > > > I was looking for a function to find a small matrix inside a larger > > matrix > > > in R similar to the one described in the following link: > > > > > > > > > https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/194708-index-a-small-matrix-in-a-larger-matrix > > > > > > I couldn't find anything. > > > > > > The above function can be seen as a "generalisation" of the "which" > > > function as well as the function described in the following post: > > > > > > > > > https://coolbutuseless.github.io/2018/04/03/finding-a-length-n-needle-in-a-haystack/ > > > > > > Would be possible to add such a function to base R? > > > > > > I am happy to work with someone from the R core team (if you wish) and > > > suggest an implementation in C. > > > > That seems like it would sometimes be a useful function, and maybe > > someone will point out a package that already contains it. But if not, > > why would it belong in base R? > > > > If someone already implemented it, that would great indeed. I think it is a > very general and basic function, hence base R could be a good place for it? > > But this is probably not a good reason; maybe someone from the R core team > can shed some light on how they decide whether or not to include a function > in base R? > > > > Duncan Murdoch > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
