R help - Apr 2012 - Sending lists from R to C using .C

Hi,

I am currently stuck on the following problem: I have a matrix where each
element is a list of numbers of differing lengths. I am wondering what would
be the best way to send this to my C function using .C? 

Cheers,

Chris

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On 15/04/2012 05:22, chris90nz wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am currently stuck on the following problem: I have a matrix where each
> element is a list of numbers of differing lengths. I am wondering what
would
> be the best way to send this to my C function using .C?
Follow the documentation ....

This is not the list for discussing compiled code (see the posting 
guide), nor have you told us what you tried.  But in fact there is only 
one way to do this, and ?.C and 'Writing R Extensions' explain it to
you.

I have no idea why you would have 'a list of numbers of differing 
lengths'.  First, what is the length of a number?  Second, why not store 
numbers in numeric vectors?  An example (as required by the posting 
guide) would have helped compensate for an imprecise description.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Chris
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