Message-ID: <AANLkTimvQccKm52-+-C01d9eij06cdTdHd+Sdc62tzVO@mail.gmail.com>
Date: 2011-01-11T07:42:31Z
From: Michael Bedward
Subject: how to use "apply" function partial to each vector of a matrix
In-Reply-To: <201101111317203347938@yahoo.com.cn>
Hello,
Here is one way...
m <- matrix(1:16, nrow=4)
end <- c(2, 3, 1, 3)
ii <- cbind(sequence(end), rep(1:length(end), end))
sums <- tapply(m[ ii ], ii[ , 2], sum)
And here is another way...
sums <- mapply(function(col, lastrow) sum(m[1:lastrow, col]), 1:ncol(m), end)
Hope this helps,
Michael
On 11 January 2011 16:17, zhaoxing731 <zhaoxing731 at yahoo.com.cn> wrote:
> Hello
>
> Suppose I have a matrix mat=(1:16,2)
> [,1] [,2] [,3] [,4]
> [1,] 1 5 9 13
> [2,] 2 6 10 14
> [3,] 3 7 11 15
> [4,] 4 8 12 16
> I just want to use the "apply" function to the matrix partially
> there is a vector end=c(2,3,1,3)
> #sum the 1st 2 numbers of the 1st column
> #sum the 1st 3 numbers of the 2nd column
> #sum the 1st number of the 3rd column
> #sum the 1st 3 numbers of the 4th column
> #they are specified by vector end
> a for loop
> for (i in 1:4)
> {
> outsum=sum[1:end[i],i]
> }
> but when I want to do it to a large dataset, it's inefficency becomes a problem, so need vectorization
> the "apply" function will sum all of each vector, which is not my purpose
>
> Thank you in advance
>
> Yours sincerely
>
>
>
>
> ZhaoXing
> Department of Health Statistics
> West China School of Public Health
> Sichuan University
> No.17 Section 3, South Renmin Road
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> P.R.China
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