[R] Efficient way to substract all entries in two vectors from each other

Hi all, I'm to inexperienced to come up with the matrix solution elusively appearing on the horizon for the following problem and would appreciate if you could give me a nudge ... I have two vectors a, and b and need to find the closest match for each value of a in b. How to do that efficiently?

Re: [R] Efficient way to substract all entries in two vectors from each other

Johannes Graumann wrote: Hi all, I'm to inexperienced to come up with the matrix solution elusively appearing on the horizon for the following problem and would appreciate if you could give me a nudge ... I have two vectors a, and b and need to find the closest match for each value of a

Re: [R] Efficient way to substract all entries in two vectors from each other

Ido M. Tamir wrote: matchpt Thanks for this hint. It is exactly what I'm looking for. Cheers, Joh __ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide