Re: [R] do I need plyr, apply or something else?

2012-07-12 Thread Russell Bowdrey
that I start from what I know. I've only pretty basic database skills at the moment, so will try zoo/TTR first and try PostgreSQL if that isn't satisfactory. -Original Message- From: Mikhail Titov [mailto:m...@gmx.us] Sent: 12 July 2012 00:22 To: R. Michael Weylandt Cc: Russell B

[R] do I need plyr, apply or something else?

2012-07-11 Thread Russell Bowdrey
Dear all, This is what I'd like to do (I have an implementation using for loops, which I designed before I realised just how slow R is at executing them - this process currently takes days to run). I have a large dataframe containing corporate bond data, columns are: BondID Date (goes back 5ye