Absolute distance is the default distance in hclust. v<-c(1,2,3,4,5,6)
dist(v)
2 1        
3 2 1      
4 3 2 1    
5 4 3 2 1  
6 5 4 3 2 1

Eliza

> Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2013 15:09:19 -0800
> From: capricyg@yahoo.com
> To: r-help@r-project.org
> Subject: [R] method default for hclust function
> 
> I could not figure out what was the default when I ran hclust() without specifying the method.
> 
> For example:
> 
> I just have a code like:
> 
> hclust(dist(data))
> 
> Any input would be appreciated:)
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