David Winsemius <dwinsem...@comcast.net> wrote > >On Dec 2, 2009, at 3:01 PM, Peter Flom wrote: > >> Good afternoon >> >> Running R2.10.0 on Windows >> >> I have a data frame that includes (among much else) a factor >> (In_2006) and a continuous variable (math_3_4). I would like to >> find the 2 cases for In_2006 = 0 that are closest to each case where >> In_2006 = 1. >> > >You ask for closest which would imply a singleton, but you also ask >for cases (plural). Define "closest", please.
I would like the 2 closest cases .... that is, for each case in one set, the two that are closest in the other set. Sorry if I was not clear Peter Peter L. Flom, PhD Statistical Consultant Website: www DOT peterflomconsulting DOT com Writing; http://www.associatedcontent.com/user/582880/peter_flom.html Twitter: @peterflom ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list 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.