Just to add to this be sure you do have names if you want them and read about vectorization in ?outer in case fun was just an example and your actual fun is more complex:
x <- c(1,2,3) names(x) <- x y <- c(4,5,6) names(y) <- y outer(x, y, fun) # as in previous answer # or outer(-log(15) * x, log(10) * y, "+") On 9/2/07, Erich Neuwirth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > outer(x,y,fun) > > Lauri Nikkinen wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I have a function like this: > > > > fun <- function (x, y) { > > a <- log(10)*y > > b <- log(15)*x > > extr <- a-b > > extr > > } > > > > fun(2,3) > > [1] 1.491655 > > > > x <- c(1,2,3) > > y <- c(4,5,6) > > fun(x, y) > > [1] 6.502290 6.096825 5.691360 > > > > How do I have to modify my function that I can calculate results using > > every combination of x and y? I would like to produce a matrix which > > includes the calculated values in every cell and names(x) and names(y) > > as row and column headers respectively. Is the outer-function a way to > > solution? > > > > Best regards, ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.