[R] Is there an variant of apply() that does not return anything?

jim holtman jholtman at gmail.com
Thu Nov 19 23:29:49 CET 2009


invisible(apply(...))

On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 5:21 PM, Peng Yu <pengyu.ut at gmail.com> wrote:
> There are a few version of apply() (e.g., lapply(), sapply()). I'm
> wondering if there is one that does not return anything but just
> silently apply a function to the list argument.
>
> For example, the plot function is applied to each element in 'alist'.
> It is redundant to return anything from apply.
>
> apply(alist,function(x){ plot each element of alist})
>
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