> Would like some tips on how to avoid loops as I know they are slow in R
They are not slow. They are slower than vectorised equivalents, but not slower than apply and friends. Hadley -- http://had.co.nz/ ______________________________________________ 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.