[R] on "do.call" function

[peter dalgaard]

On Aug 9, 2011, at 02:38 , Kathie wrote:

> Thanks a lot all of you
> 
> Yes, you're right.
> 
> However, as i know, "do.call" calls its function once, but "apply(or sapply
> etc)" not. So, I think do.call is faster than apply. That's why i am trying
> to use do.call.
> 
> Am I right??

You're not getting the main point: That can only work if the _function_ is vectorized, and yours is not. Please reread earlier posts.

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