Dictionaries and pairs

Question

In R I was wondering if I could have a dictionary (in a sense like python) where I have a pair (i, j) as the key with a corresponding integer value. I have not

Answer 1

You can do this with a list of vectors.

maps <- lapply(vector('list',5), function(i) integer(0))
maps[[1]][2] <- 1
maps[[1]][3] <- 3
maps[[1]][4] <- 4
maps[[1]][5] <- 3

That said, there's probably a better way to do what you're trying to do, but you haven't given us enough background.