Re: [R] Optimizing

2012-11-15 Thread Sam Asin
thing there that meets your needs. > > Of course, if something is "a little over your head," that's not an > excuse, but rather an admission that you have to do some "homework" on > your own. > > Cheers, > Bert > > On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 5:23 PM, S

[R] Optimizing

2012-11-14 Thread Sam Asin
Hello, I am fairly new with R and am having trouble finding an optimal group. I checked the help functions for the various optimize commands and it was a little over my head. I have a dataset with 4 columns, name, type, value, and cost. The set consists of a list of people, which have 3 types.

Re: [R] Efficient Way to gather data from various files

2012-10-03 Thread Sam Asin
rocks...1k > ------- > Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. > > Sam Asin wrote: > > >Hello, > > > >Sorry if this process is too simple for this list. I know I can do it, > >but >

[R] Efficient Way to gather data from various files

2012-10-02 Thread Sam Asin
Hello, Sorry if this process is too simple for this list. I know I can do it, but I always read online about how when using R one should always try to avoid loops and use vectors. I am wondering if there exists a more "R friendly" way to do this than to use for loops. I have a dataset that has