a <- c(1:10) b <- c(.5, .6, .9, 10, .4, 3, 4, 9, 0, 11) d <- c(21:30)
z <- data.frame(a,b,d) library(fields) results <- c() for(i in 1:(length(rownames(z))-1)){ results[i] <- rdist(z[i,], z[(i+1),]) } results.1 <- data.frame(results) f <- rownames(z) r <- f[-1] rownames(results.1) <- r colnames(results.1) <- f[1] this does what I want it to do - is there an easier/generic way of doing this. I will be using this to calculate euclidean distances between successive time steps on ordination scores. thanks -- Stephen Sefick Research Scientist Southeastern Natural Sciences Academy Let's not spend our time and resources thinking about things that are so little or so large that all they really do for us is puff us up and make us feel like gods. We are mammals, and have not exhausted the annoying little problems of being mammals. -K. Mullis ______________________________________________ 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.