Do you mean something like abs( my_vector[i] - my_vector[j] ) See if reading help("subset") helps.
On Wed, 2004-07-28 at 01:42, StephaneDemurget wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to figure out how to properly construct a graph of > frequencies of a difference between 2 values, that is | i | - | j |. > I'd like to know the best way to store the actual data because of course > doing my_vector[i -j] will not work because the index could be negative. > > I know there's no hash table so what's the best solution, > simplicity-wise ? Use a list of pair of values {index, i - j} ? Or can I > somehow use negative index, perhaps using 0array ? Any help would be > appreciated :) > > ATM, I use as.character (i-j) to index my data, but I lose all the > processing power of R there after. > > Sorry If it's written somewhere, but I read a lot of docs about it, > searched through the ML archives and didn't manage to find an answer. > > Please also answer me back at my email address as I am not subscribed to > the list. > > Best regards, > > --Stephane > > ______________________________________________ > [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