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>Date: 15.04.05 08:08 (+0200)
>From: Wolfram Fischer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: [R] function corresponding to map of perl
>
> Is there a function in R that corresponds to the
> function ``map'' of perl?
>
> It could be called like:
> vector.a <- map( vector.b, FUN, args.for.FUN )
>
> It should execute for each element ele.b of vector.b:
> FUN( vector.b, args.for.FUN)
>
> It should return a vector (or data.frame) of the results
> of the calls of FUN.
>
> It nearly works using:
> apply( data.frame( vector.b ), 1, FUN, args.for.FUN )
> But when FUN is called ele.b from vector.b is no known.
Here I made a mistake. I realised now that ``apply'' does the job,
e.g.
apply( data.frame( 1:3 ), 1, paste, sep='', "X" )
Wolfram
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