[R] Finding distance matrix for categorical data

[Joris Meys]

correction.
See ?daisy in the PACKAGE cluster. *slaps head*
cheers
Joris

On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 7:02 PM, Joris Meys <jorismeys at gmail.com> wrote:
> see ?daisy in the library cluster
>
> Cheers
> Joris
>
> On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 6:12 PM, kapil mahant <kapil_mahant at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> All,
>>
>> How can we find a distance matrix for categorical data
>>
>> ie.  given a csv below
>>
>>                   var1         var2    var3    var4
>> element1-1   yes            x         a         k
>> element1-2   no             y         b         l
>> element1-3   maybe       y         c          m
>>
>> how can i compute the distance matrix between all the elements
>>
>> Actually i need it to create clusters on top of it
>>
>> Thanks & Regards
>> Kapil
>>
>>
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