[R] function corresponding to map of perl

[Roger D. Peng]

I think you want 'sapply()'.

-roger

Wolfram Fischer wrote:
> 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.
> 
> Thanks - Wolfram
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