Thanks Rui!
I was not aware that *number*L is an alternate to as.integer(*number*).
Luba

On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 3:53 PM, Rui Barradas <ruipbarradas@sapo.pt> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> 2L is an integer, 2 might be or not. In the case of apply(), there is no
> difference.
>
> All possible values for margin? Any possible(*) combination of the
> dimensions of 'x' in
>
> apply(x, margin, function)
>
> (*) non-null. If, say, x <- array(0, dim=c(2,3,4)) (3dim) then you can
> call any of
>
> apply(x, 1, fun) or apply(x, 2, fun) or apply(x, 3, fun) but not margin=4;
> apply(x, 1:2, fun) or apply(x, c(1, 3), fun) or ...
> apply(x, 1:3, fun)
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Rui Barradas
>
> Em 22-06-2012 23:23, Luba G escreveu:
>
>> What is the difference of using 2L versus 2 as the margin argument in the
>> apply() function? Where can I find detailed information on all of the
>> possible margin arguments?
>>
>>  x
>>>
>>      [,1] [,2]
>> [1,]    1    2
>> [2,]    3    4
>> [3,]    5    6
>> [4,]    7    8
>> [5,]    9   10
>>
>>> sqrt(apply(x, *2L*, function(r.st) var(r.st[!is.na(r.st)])))
>>>
>> [1] 3.162278 3.162278
>>
>>> sqrt(apply(x,* 2*, function(r.st) var(r.st[!is.na(r.st)])))
>>>
>> [1] 3.162278 3.162278
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