Dear R helpers

Suppose 

x  <- c(1:3)

y  <- matrix(1:12, ncol = 3, nrow = 4)

> y
     [,1] [,2] [,3]
[1,]    1    5    9
[2,]    2    6   10
[3,]    3    7   11
[4,]    4    8   12

I wish to multiply 1st column of y by first element of x i.e. 1, 2nd column of y by 2nd element of x i.e. 2 an so on. Thus the resultant matrix should be like

> z

     [,1]   [,2]    [,3]

[1,]    1    10    27

[2,]    2    12    30

[3,]    3    14    33

[4,]    4    16    36


When I tried simple multiplication like x*y, y is getting multiplied column-wise 

> x*z
      [,1] [,2] [,3]
[1,]    1    5    9
[2,]    4   12   20
[3,]    9   21   33
[4,]   16   32   48


Kindly guide

Regards

Vincy

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