[R] Matrix operations in a list

[Dimitris Rizopoulos]

you need the 'SIMPLIFY' argument of mapply(), i.e.,

mapply("%*%", a, b, SIMPLIFY = FALSE)


I hope it helps.

Best,
Dimitris

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Doran, Harold" <HDoran at air.org>
To: <r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch>
Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 4:21 PM
Subject: [R] Matrix operations in a list


>I have matrices stored within a list like something as follows:
>
> a <- list(matrix(rnorm(50), ncol=5), matrix(rnorm(50), ncol=5))
> b <- list(matrix(rnorm(50), nrow=5), matrix(rnorm(50), nrow=5))
>
> I don't recall how to perform matrix multiplication on each list 
> element
> such that the result is a new list
>
> result <- list(a[[1]]%*%b[[1]], a[[2]]%*%b[[2]])
>
> I think I'm close with mapply(), but I'm doing something silly
>
> mapply('%*%', a,b)
>
> Thanks.
> Harold
>
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