generate_default_cost_matrix {lingdist}

Generate a default cost matrix

Description

generate a default cost matrix contains all possible characters in the raw data with all diagonal values set to 0 and others set to 1. This avoids you constructing the matrix from scratch.

Usage

generate_default_cost_matrix(data, delim = "")

Arguments

data

DataFrame to be computed.

delim

The delimiter separating atomic symbols.

Value

Cost matrix contains all possible characters in the raw data with all diagonal values set to 0 and others set to 1.

Examples

df <- as.data.frame(rbind(a=c("a_bc_d","d_bc_a"),b=c("b_bc_d","d_bc_a")))
default.cost <- generate_default_cost_matrix(df, "_")