[R] How to make R running faster

[Erin Hodgess]

I remember reading the colSum and colMean were better, when you need
sums and means

On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 8:26 AM, Esmail Bonakdarian <esmail.js at gmail.com> wrote:
> Neil Shephard wrote:
>>
>> Loops are not massively efficient within R.
>>
>> Look into using the apply() family of functions
>> (eapply()/lapply()/mapply/rapply()/tapply()).
>
> Didn't someone post not too long ago that apply is
> internally represented as a for-loop? Or am I not
> remembering this correctly?
>
> The reason for apply was that it was more concise but not
> necessarily more efficient.
>
> Esmail
>
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Erin Hodgess
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