I would say that it depends on what you want to do with the data. Bert
On Monday, February 15, 2016, Alaios via R-help <r-help@r-project.org> wrote: > Dear all,I am using R to emulate radio propagation dynamics. > I have 90 antennas in a region and each of these 90 antennas hold > information about 36 points (these are all exactly the same and there is no > need to differentiate them further) > Each of these antennas now should keep information about the distances > from the 36 points (each of the 90 antennas have a different distance for > each of the unique 36 points), which gives use in total 90 times a 36 > elements vector. > Each antenna should also keep a [36,600] matrix (each matrix describes in > details the relation between one of the 90 antennas and one of the 36 > points and 600 elements are needed for doing that). In total that mines 90 > times [36,600] matrices > > What is an appropriate data structure for doing that in R ? I am giving > fixed numbers here but in reality the 90,36 and 600 are just examples. > Variable should be used here and thus we do not talk about fixed data > structures before hand. > > I would like to thank you for your replyRegardsAlex > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org <javascript:;> mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and > more, see > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > -- Bert Gunter "The trouble with having an open mind is that people keep coming along and sticking things into it." -- Opus (aka Berkeley Breathed in his "Bloom County" comic strip ) [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.