[R] problem with do.call

[Ernesto Jardim]

On Wed, 2002-04-10 at 17:13, Thomas Lumley wrote:
> On 10 Apr 2002, Ernesto Jardim wrote:
> 
> > Hi
> >
> > I'm writing a function that uses four parameters (scalars) and I need to
> > run it in an iterative process (the parameters vary to find the minimum
> > RSS).
> >
> > I don't want to use loops and so tried the do.call function. However it
> > didn't work. My understanding is that the do.call simple runs the
> > function replacing the arguments (scalars by vectors), instead of runing
> > the function for each set of scalars in the list, what I need.
> >
> > Can you please tell me if there is another way of doing it whithout
> > using the for loop ?
> 
> And why wouldn't you want to use the for() loop?  Unless your function is
> vectorised you're not going to gain anything by getting rid of the for()
> loop.
> 
> 	-thomas
> 
> Thomas Lumley			Asst. Professor, Biostatistics
> tlumley at u.washington.edu	University of Washington, Seattle

define "vectorize function"

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