[R] using matrix data for function

[Bing Zhang]

Thanks. How about I have a third parameter for the function, which is a fixed 
object? i.e. the function is f(o,x,y)

Bing

>===== Original Message From james.holtman at convergys.com =====
>Assuming that f(x,y) is not vectorize, try
>
>apply(your.matrix, 1, function(x) f(x[1], x[2]))
>
>as in:
>
>> x.1 <- matrix(1:12,ncol=2)
>> x.1
>     [,1] [,2]
>[1,]    1    7
>[2,]    2    8
>[3,]    3    9
>[4,]    4   10
>[5,]    5   11
>[6,]    6   12
>> x.f <- function(x,y) x+y
>> apply(x.1, 1, function(x) x.f(x[1], x[2]))
>[1]  8 10 12 14 16 18
>>
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>Hi All,
>
>I have a function, f(x,y)
>I have a matrix of data, m,  with the 1st column is x and the 2nd column is
>y
>What's the best way to get f(x,y) for each row of the matrix?
>I tried
>result<-f(m[,1],m[,2]) but it doesn't work.
>
>Thanks!
>
>Bing
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