library(Rcpp) cppFunction(' NumericVector convolveCpp(NumericVector a, NumericVector b) { int na = a.size(), nb = b.size(); int nab = na + nb - 1; NumericVector xab(nab); for (int i = 0; i < na; i++) for (int j = 0; j < nb; j++) xab[i + j] += a[i] * b[j]; return xab; } ') convolveCpp(c(1,2,3), matrix(3,3)) cppFunction(depends='RcppArmadillo', code=' List fastLm(NumericVector yr, NumericMatrix Xr) { int n = Xr.nrow(), k = Xr.ncol(); arma::mat X(Xr.begin(), n, k, false); // reuses memory and avoids copy arma::colvec y(yr.begin(), yr.size(), false); arma::colvec coef = arma::solve(X, y); // fit model y ~ X arma::colvec resid = y - X*coef; // residuals double sig2 = arma::as_scalar( arma::trans(resid)*resid/(n-k) ); // std.error of estimate arma::colvec stderrest = arma::sqrt( sig2 * arma::diagvec( arma::inv(arma::trans(X)*X)) ); return List::create(Named("coefficients") = coef, Named("stderr") = stderrest ); } ')