I use NetCDF file format using ncdf package for binary data handling. For more complex structure, HDF format will be better, which I do not try in R.
Daehyok Shin > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ethz.ch]On Behalf Of Moises Hassan > Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 PM 1:21 > To: R Help > Subject: [R] binary data > > > What's the preferred way in R for handling samples with binary data > (like chemical fingerprints encoded as hexadecimal strings with 0's and > 1's indicating the absence or presence of chemical features) in methods > such as clustering and MDS. Do you always have to expand the fingerprint > data into individual variables (which can be a few hundreds) or can they > be used directly as binary data by some of these methods. > > > > Thanks, Moises > > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide! > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
