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Message-ID: <dfc0ed0d-ea5a-8c0a-9b12-764c0fee01c2@auckland.ac.nz>
Date: 2018-10-31T05:03:15Z
From: Rolf Turner
Subject: [FORGED] Re:  Using apply
In-Reply-To: <CAAxdm-4VjjP_UCFkZfxs9JQ-7Ry9BNvuFnxKED7f=+N7q_nZyA@mail.gmail.com>

On 10/31/18 3:47 PM, jim holtman wrote:

>> s2 <- apply(x*x, 2, sum)
>> s2
> [1]  55 330

<SNIP>

It seems to me to be more "natural" (and perhaps more amenable to 
generalisation) to do:

     s2 <- apply(x,2,function(v){sum(v^2)})

But it's probably just a matter of taste.

cheers,

Rolf

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