I'm wondering if the speed of accessing list element by index is the same as that of accessing list element by name. l[[1]] l[['name']]
pengyu.ut wrote:> > I'm wondering if the speed of accessing list element by index is the > same as that of accessing list element by name. > > l[[1]] > l[['name']] >Have you tried answering this question yourself using the system.time() function? -- View this message in context: http://n4.nabble.com/Speed-of-accessing-list-element-by-index-or-name-tp948279p948283.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
Jorge Ivan Velez
2009-Dec-04 06:16 UTC
[R] Speed of accessing list element by index or name
One way to answer it would be comparing: system.time(replicate(10^5, l[[1]] ) ) system.time(replicate(10^5, l[['name']] ) ) HTH, Jorge On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 1:01 AM, Peng Yu <> wrote:> I'm wondering if the speed of accessing list element by index is the > same as that of accessing list element by name. > > l[[1]] > l[['name']] > > ______________________________________________ > 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. >[[alternative HTML version deleted]]