[R] distance metrics

[David Meyer]

 > Hello:
 > > >
 > > > Does anyone know if there exists a package that handles methods for [
 > for
 > > > dist objects?
 > > >
 > > > I would like to access a dist object using matrix notation
 > > >
 > > > e.g.
 > > >
 > > > dMat = dist(x)
 > > > dMat[i,j]


You can use the [[ operator defined for distance matrices currently in 
package cba, which allows subsetting "dist" objects. (Note that this 
will move to the new "proxy" package on proximity measures very soon).

David