> cache results. Other languages usually offer a dictionary data type > which I can use as an efficient way to dynamically cache already > calculated results - what's the best way to do this in R?
It really depends on what sort of data you want to cache - if it is fundamentally 1D, use a vector, 2D use a matrix etc. The closest equivalent to dictionary/hashmap is a list - however R's pass a copy semantics might slow things down if you are caching a lot of data. Hadley Wickham http://had.co.nz ______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
