Hi there I have a list that looks like this object1 object1 78 object1 object2 45 object1 object3 34 object1 object4 45 object2 object2 89 object2 object3 32 object2 object4 13
but i want to create a matrix like this in order to use the dist function of R object1 object2 object3 object4 object1 78 45 34 45 object2 45 89 32 13 Is there a method in R that will take a list and format it in this way? Any help much appreciated. [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ 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.