Hi Is is something like this that you want?
mydata <- data.frame(a=1:10, b=11:20, c=21:30, d=31:40, e=41:50) myfun <- function(a,b,c)a*b+c mydata$cool <- do.call(myfun, mydata[,c("a", "b", "c")]) mydata ## a b c d e cool ## 1 1 11 21 31 41 32 ## 2 2 12 22 32 42 46 ## 3 3 13 23 33 43 62 ## 4 4 14 24 34 44 80 ## 5 5 15 25 35 45 100 ## 6 6 16 26 36 46 122 ## 7 7 17 27 37 47 146 ## 8 8 18 28 38 48 172 ## 9 9 19 29 39 49 200 ## 10 10 20 30 40 50 230 Yours sincerely / Med venlig hilsen Frede Aakmann Tøgersen Specialist, M.Sc., Ph.D. Plant Performance & Modeling Technology & Service Solutions T +45 9730 5135 M +45 2547 6050 fr...@vestas.com http://www.vestas.com Company reg. name: Vestas Wind Systems A/S This e-mail is subject to our e-mail disclaimer statement. Please refer to www.vestas.com/legal/notice If you have received this e-mail in error please contact the sender. > -----Original Message----- > From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] > On Behalf Of Norman McBride > Sent: 7. januar 2014 23:46 > To: r-help@r-project.org > Subject: [R] Implementing A Formula > > Hello R Mailing List Members, > My name is Peter. I am a high school student who is doing a senior > thesis in statistical analysis. As you can see that I have chosen R. So for > the project I am working with a member of the US Navy and analyzing some > data. So for this data I am using a formula to find a cooling coefficient. > This formula gets it own column in the table/display frame. So I wanted to > know if put this formula into the display frame would I need to go row by > row plugging this formula in to only take data from that individual row or > would it just do that for me? If I did have to do it row by row would there > be anyway I could expedite the process because it is over 2000 rows. Thank > you for any help you are able to give me. > > -Peter > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting- > guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.