[Rcpp-devel] Efficient DataFrame access by row & column

[Ken Williams]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: rcpp-devel-bounces at lists.r-forge.r-project.org [mailto:rcpp-devel-
> bounces at lists.r-forge.r-project.org] On Behalf Of Romain Francois
> Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 2:56 AM
> To: rcpp-devel at lists.r-forge.r-project.org
> Subject: Re: [Rcpp-devel] Efficient DataFrame access by row & column
>
> Le 20/02/13 00:09, Yan Zhou a écrit :
> > The most inefficient part I see is the creation of a new NumericVector
> inside the inner most loop. You copied each column n times, of which n-1
> times are unnecessary.
>
> No. This does not copy data. This uses time to protect it, etc ... but the data in
> the vector is not copied.

Excellent, then my strategy of pre-populating a NumericVector[] won't bloat memory.  Thanks for confirming.

 -Ken



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