[R] Error with lapply [addirional clarification needed]

[Gabor Grothendieck]

Try str(ss) to see what it really looks like.  You probably want:

fn <- function(i) c(i, i^2)


On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 4:54 AM, megh <megh700004 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> I need one more clarification here :
>
> Here I did :
>
> fn <- function(i) return(list(i, i^2))
> ss = sapply(1:4, fn)
>
> Here the object "ss" should be a matrix object :
> is.matrix(ss)
>
> However I feel it lacks some the matrix object properties. For example the
> syntax "min(ss[1,])" generates an error :
> "Error in min(ss[1, ]) : invalid 'type' (list) of argument".
>
> What should be the way out? Am I missing something ?
>
> Regards,
>
>
> baptiste auguie-2 wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> you are feeding lapply "i" as an optional argument, which is passed to
>> fn() and causes an error. Just use lapply(1:4, fn), or better yet,
>> sapply,
>>
>>  > fn <- function(i) return(i^2)
>>  > sapply(1:4, fn)
>> [1]  1  4  9 16
>>
>> Hope this helps,
>>
>> baptiste
>>
>>
>> On 20 Nov 2008, at 16:31, megh wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I have written following codes, with intention to get a list with
>>> values
>>> 1,2,9,16 :
>>>
>>> fn <- function(i) return(i^2)
>>> lapply(1:4, fn, i)
>>>
>>> However I got following error :
>>> Error in FUN(1:4[[1L]], ...) : unused argument(s) (1)
>>>
>>> Can anyone please tell me what will be the correct code here?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>>
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