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This is something I have been wondering for ages but I am never able to get an answer.



I am trying to understand how to make a dataframe in R, where each element of the dataframe is itself a vector or a matrix.



For example, lets say we have a regular vector V with elements being real numbers.



Then to acess any number we would have



V[3] which would give the third element of said vector.



Now I want to know how to do this with say a dataframe D,



where each element of the dataframe is itself a vector or matrix, so that say



D[3] is not a real number, but a vector.



How can this be done in R?



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    This is something I have been wondering for ages but I am never able to get an answer.



    I am trying to understand how to make a dataframe in R, where each element of the dataframe is itself a vector or a matrix.



    For example, lets say we have a regular vector V with elements being real numbers.



    Then to acess any number we would have



    V[3] which would give the third element of said vector.



    Now I want to know how to do this with say a dataframe D,



    where each element of the dataframe is itself a vector or matrix, so that say



    D[3] is not a real number, but a vector.



    How can this be done in R?



    Thanks all










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      This is something I have been wondering for ages but I am never able to get an answer.



      I am trying to understand how to make a dataframe in R, where each element of the dataframe is itself a vector or a matrix.



      For example, lets say we have a regular vector V with elements being real numbers.



      Then to acess any number we would have



      V[3] which would give the third element of said vector.



      Now I want to know how to do this with say a dataframe D,



      where each element of the dataframe is itself a vector or matrix, so that say



      D[3] is not a real number, but a vector.



      How can this be done in R?



      Thanks all










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      This is something I have been wondering for ages but I am never able to get an answer.



      I am trying to understand how to make a dataframe in R, where each element of the dataframe is itself a vector or a matrix.



      For example, lets say we have a regular vector V with elements being real numbers.



      Then to acess any number we would have



      V[3] which would give the third element of said vector.



      Now I want to know how to do this with say a dataframe D,



      where each element of the dataframe is itself a vector or matrix, so that say



      D[3] is not a real number, but a vector.



      How can this be done in R?



      Thanks all







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          Dataframe is a representation of 2 D matrix in R. R does not support MultiIndex dataframes that can represent more complex structures.



          Maybe you can model the problem as a Tensor ( https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/tensorr/vignettes/introduction.html , https://www.rdocumentation.org/packages/rTensor/versions/1.4/topics/Tensor-class)






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            Dataframe is a representation of 2 D matrix in R. R does not support MultiIndex dataframes that can represent more complex structures.



            Maybe you can model the problem as a Tensor ( https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/tensorr/vignettes/introduction.html , https://www.rdocumentation.org/packages/rTensor/versions/1.4/topics/Tensor-class)






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              Maybe you can model the problem as a Tensor ( https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/tensorr/vignettes/introduction.html , https://www.rdocumentation.org/packages/rTensor/versions/1.4/topics/Tensor-class)






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