[R] Applying a function to each element of an array

[Prof Brian Ripley]

If A is the matrix the answer is 2*(1 - 2^(-A)), which took about 10secs 
for an example of your size.

>From \sum_{i=1}^n x^{1-i} = (1-x^{-n})/(1-x), E & OE.

On Fri, 7 Oct 2005, Tim Smith wrote:

> I have a 7000x7000 matrix, and each element is an integer. For each 
> element, I want to apply the function :
>
> wt <- 0
> for(q in 1:count){
> wt <- wt + 0.5^(q-1)
> }
>
> I get the value of 'count' from the elements in the matrix , and want to 
> store the corresponding 'wt' value for that element.
>
> I suppose I could loop through the matrix, and apply the function to 
> each element but this would take a really really long time. Are there 
> any quicker ways to get the same result?

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