[R] Sparse matrix row/column access (SparseM)?

[Roger Koenker]

Given a matrix in any of the SparseM forms, you can access columns
and rows with the usual R subsetting conventions, e.g. A[,k]
gives the kth column, A[m,] gives the mth row...

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be directed first to package maintainers (in this case me) and
only in cases of non-response to r-help.


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On Fri, 16 Jan 2004, Renald Buter wrote:

> Hello list,
>
> I am creating sparse matrices using the SparseM package. These sparse
> structures are to be used as a basis for (a number of) distance
> matrices. But in order to create thoses, I must be able to read the
> elements/rows/columns of the sparse structures in order to operate on
> them.
>
> Thus, how to go from sparse matrix to (sparse) rows, columns? Must I
> create the functions myself or am I not reading the obvious in the
> documentation?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Renald
>
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