[R] Element-by-element multiplication operator?

[Tobias Verbeke]

Gates, Michael BGI SF wrote:

>Is there an element-by-element multiplication in R, like the .* operator in Matlab?
>
>eg: A (2x3)
>     B (2x3) 
>C=A.*B
>C (2x3)
>C = [[a11*b11  a12*b12  a13*b13]; [a21*b21  a22*b22  a23*b23]]
>
>I can't find one...
>  
>
mym <- matrix(1:4,2)
myt <- matrix(5:8,2)

 > mym
     [,1] [,2]
[1,]    1    3
[2,]    2    4
 > myt
     [,1] [,2]
[1,]    5    7
[2,]    6    8
 > mym * myt
     [,1] [,2]
[1,]    5   21
[2,]   12   32

HTH,
Tobias