[R] Finding cases in one subset that are closet to another subset

[Peter Flom]

David Winsemius <dwinsemius at comcast.net> wrote
>
>On Dec 2, 2009, at 3:01 PM, Peter Flom wrote:
>
>> Good afternoon
>>
>> Running R2.10.0 on Windows
>>
>> I have a data frame that includes (among much else) a factor  
>> (In_2006) and a continuous variable (math_3_4).  I would like to  
>> find the 2 cases for In_2006 = 0 that are closest to each case where  
>> In_2006 = 1.
>>
>
>You ask for closest which would imply a singleton, but you also ask  
>for cases (plural). Define "closest", please.


I would like the 2 closest cases .... that is, for each case in one set, the two that are closest in the other set.

Sorry if I was not clear

Peter

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