[R] Avoiding loops

[stephen sefick]

If you can do it- try a for loop and another solution to prove this to
yourself.  A for loop can get a little unwieldy for a novice like me
to understand the code, but doable.  The simpler the better, but they
are not terribly slow.  I have run into a couple of situations where a
vectorized solution presented itself, but if not, for loops are fine
with me.
my $0.02

Stephen

On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 9:25 AM, hadley wickham<h.wickham at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Would like some tips on how to avoid loops as I know they are slow in R
>
> They are not slow.  They are slower than vectorised equivalents, but
> not slower than apply and friends.
>
> Hadley
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-- 
Stephen Sefick

Let's not spend our time and resources thinking about things that are
so little or so large that all they really do for us is puff us up and
make us feel like gods.  We are mammals, and have not exhausted the
annoying little problems of being mammals.

								-K. Mullis