[R] Matrix max by row

[Rolf Turner]

I tried the following:

m <- matrix(runif(100000),1000,100)
junk <- gc()
print(system.time(for(i in 1:100) X1 <- do.call(pmax,data.frame(m))))
junk <- gc()
print(system.time(for(i in 1:100) X2 <- apply(m,1,max)))

and got

    user  system elapsed
   2.704   0.110   2.819
    user  system elapsed
   1.938   0.098   2.040

so unless there's something that I am misunderstanding (always a serious
consideration) Wacek's apply method looks to be about 1.4 times  
*faster* than
the do.call/pmax method.

	cheers,

		Rolf Turner


On 30/03/2009, at 3:55 PM, Bert Gunter wrote:

> If speed is a consideration,availing yourself of the built-in pmax()
> function via
>
> do.call(pmax,data.frame(yourMatrix))
>
> will be considerably faster for large matrices.
>
> If you are puzzled by why this works, it is a useful exercise in R  
> to figure
> it out.
>
> Hint:The man page for ?data.frame says:
> "A data frame is a list of variables of the same length with unique  
> row
> names, given class 'data.frame'."
>
> Cheers,
> Bert
>
> Bert Gunter
> Genentech Nonclinical Statistics
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces at r- 
> project.org] On
> Behalf Of Wacek Kusnierczyk
> Sent: Saturday, March 28, 2009 5:22 PM
> To: Ana M Aparicio Carrasco
> Cc: r-help at r-project.org
> Subject: Re: [R] Matrix max by row
>
> Ana M Aparicio Carrasco wrote:
>> I need help about how to obtain the max by row in a matrix.
>> For example if I have the following matrix:
>> 2 5 3
>> 8 7 2
>> 1 8 4
>>
>> The max by row will be:
>> 5
>> 8
>> 8
>>
>
> matrix(apply(m, 1, max), nrow(m))
>
> vQ
>
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