Does
storage.mode(Array) <- "integer"
do what you want?
Array[] <- as.integer(Array)
is I think the same operation. Both preserve the dim and dimnames and
any other attributes.
On Wed, 2 Jan 2002, Jason Liao wrote:
> First, happy new year to everyone, especially to Prof. Ripley, who has
> kindly answered my previous questions.
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> I need to use an array to store a large number of integers. My question
> is how to force an array to be integer for storage.type. This will save
> memory (from 8 bytes real to 4 bytes integer). Also I need to compare
> integers and I want their representation to be exact.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Jason
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