Dear useRs,

I am working on a project involving the clustering of a large dataset.  I need 
to extract specific sub-clusters from the parent dendrogram for further 
analysis.  The data is too large for the use of convenient tools such as 
identify.clust (it selects the specific group of interest on a graph), so 
alternatively I have saved the plot as a large image file so that it can be 
printed or viewed piecemeal.  My problem is this: when I find the subclusters 
that I need to analyze I have no way to reference that specific component of 
the dendrogram in order to extract it:

smallDend <- dend[[i]][[j]][[k]]  where i,j,k refer to levels of the dendrogram 
(it's "address")

I would like to print the "address" of the smaller dendrograms on the edge 
similar to this:

addr <- function(n) {
      if(!is.leaf(n)) {
        attr(n, "edgetext") <- paste("height of",(attr(n,"height"))
      }
      n
}
labeledDends <- dendrapply(dend, addr)

Where "i,j,k" is printed instead of "height".  But I have not been able to 
figure out how to ask each dendrogram its address within the dendrapply 
function.  Can anyone help me with this?

Many thanks,
Jesse

PhD Student in Social Science
Syracuse University

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