Hi Duncan: Thanks for your hints. I'm trying to collect distinct elements in one column in a matrix. If there is a map, I can easily build up such a collection. While if using list, I have to check by myself if this element already exists in the collection every time I examine a new entry in the column.
Best, Feng ----- Original Message ----- From: "Duncan Murdoch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Feng Qiu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <r-help@stat.math.ethz.ch> Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 10:37 AM Subject: Re: [R] Any container in R? > On 1/1/2007 10:17 AM, Feng Qiu wrote: >> R has list and array to contain elements. But does R have more powerful >> container, such as "map" as in C++ STL? or is there such a package? > > In what way are maps more powerful than lists? You can use names to index > lists. > > The other container in R is the environment; they have fairly strange > semantics, though. > > Duncan Murdoch > > ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.