Alexx Hardt wrote:
Hi,
I'm trying to write a function to determine the euclidean distance
between x (one point) and y (a set of n points). How should I pass y to
the function? Until now, I used a matrix like that:
| [,1] [,2] [,3]
[1,] 0 2 1
[2,] 1 1 1
|
Which would pass the points (0,2,1) and (1,1,1) to that function.
However, when I pass x as a normal (column) vector, the two variables
don't match in the function. I either have to transpose x or y, or save
a vector of vectors an other way.
My question: What is the standard way to save more than one vector in R?
(my matrix y)
Is it just my y transposed or maybe a list or something I don't yet know?
If all vectors are of the same type and length, a matrix is probably
best. There are some obscure situations where it is more efficient to
store them as columns rather than rows, but it rarely makes a detectable
difference, so you should choose the orientation to match the way you
plan to use the data.
I don't know how you are constructing x as a column vector. Normally
vectors in R are neither columns nor rows: they just have a length.
So if your matrix y is as shown, y[1,] will give a plain vector that
should be the same shape as x <- c(1,2,3).
Duncan Murdoch
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