[R] Adding numbers in Outputs

[jim holtman]

try this:

> x <- list(40, c(80,160), c(160,80,400))
> y <- list(10, c(10,30), c(5,18,20))
> z <- c(1,2,3)
> mapply(function(a1,a2,a3){
+     a3 * sum(a1 * a2)
+     }
+     , x
+     , y
+     , z
+ )
[1]   400 11200 30720


On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 5:41 AM, Amelia Vettori
<amelia_vettori at yahoo.co.nz> wrote:
> two OutputsHello!
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> I am Amelia from Auckland and work for a bank. I am new to R and I have started my venture with R just a couple of weeks back and this is my first mail to R-forum. I need following assistance
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> Suppose my R code generates following outputs as
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>> X
> [[1]]
> [1] 40
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> [[2]]
> [1] 80    160
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> [[3]]
> [1] 160   80  400
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>> Y
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> [[1]]
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> [1] 10
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> [[2]]
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> [1] 10    30
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> [[3]]
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> [1] 5  18  20
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> and suppose
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> Z = c(1, 2, 3)
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> I need to perform the calculation where I will be multiplying corresponding terms of X and Y individually and multiplying their sum by Z and store these results in a dataframe.
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> I.e. I need to calculate
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> (40*10) * 1                                 # (first element of X + First element of Y) * Z[1] = 400
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> ((80*10)+(160*30)) * 2                 # 2 row of X and 2nd row of Y = 11200
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> ((160*5)+(80*18)+(400*20)) * 3     # 3rd row of X and 3 row of Y and Z[3] =  30720
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> So the final output should be
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> 400
> 11200
> 30720
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> One way of doing it is write R code for individual rows and
>  arrive at the result e.g.
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> ([[X]][1]*[[Y]][1])*1 will result in 400. However, I was just trying to know some smart way of doing it as there could be number of rows and writing code for each row will be a cumbersome job. So is there any better way to do it?
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> Please guide me.
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> I thank you in advance.
>
> Thanking
>  all
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> Amelia
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Jim Holtman
Data Munger Guru

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