[R] Data Structures

Scott Romans scott.romans at mac.com
Thu Mar 13 03:50:42 CET 2008


Matlab has an aggregate variable called a structure, which consists of  
component variables each of which can be of a different data type and  
dimension. For example, I can have a single structure Model which  
consists of Model.variable1, Model.variable2, and Model.variable3,  
where variable1 is a string variable, variable 2 is a 1x24 vector, and  
variable 3 is a 6x6x6 array. The benefit is that the aggregate  
variable Model can be passed between programs without having to pass  
each of the component variables. Does R have anything similar?



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