Standard R vectors and list elements can given names, and can be accessed by
them. This allows them to be used like the dictionaries or hashes of other
languages.
For example
> x = c("a"=1, "b"=2, "c"=3)
> x["a"]
a
1
> x["foo"] = "bar"
> x["foo"]
foo
"bar"
> x
a b c foo
"1" "2" "3" "bar"
-Greg
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> Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2006 8:35 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [R] beginner Q: hashtable or dictionary?
>
>
> Hi,
>
> Is there something like a hashtable or (python)
> dictionary in R/Splus?
>
> (If not, is there a reason why it's not needed /
> typical way to accomplish the same thing?)
>
> Thank you
>
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