[R] hclust question

[Prof Brian D Ripley]

On Thu, 22 Feb 2001, Ranjan Maitra wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> I have a question with regard to the use of hclust. I would like to be
> able to specify my own distance matrix instead of asking R to compute
> the distance matrix for me. It is computationally easier for me this
> way. My question is: How can I get hclust to accept this?

I am puzzled:

?hclust

Arguments:

       d: a dissimilarity structure as produced by `dist'.

So hclust accepts a dissimilarity matrix as its first argument, and does
not compute a distance matrix.

Just supply `d'.  The `Value' section of ?dist tells you how to specify it.
For hclust only the `Size' and `Labels' attributes are needed, I believe.

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