I suppose for loop will suffice. I simply copy & paste the code from R editor. From my email, it looks plain. Is there a way to tell?
On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 8:50 PM, Jeff Newmiller <jdnew...@dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote: > The apply function is one of many alienate ways to write a loop. It is not > appreciably more efficient in cpu time than a for loop. > > Your example creates the numbers in the loop... does your actual data get > created in a loop? If so then your original code should be perfectly > serviceable. If not then there might be a better way to do this, but you > would have to expand your example to illustrate how the data comes to you > in order to suggest alternatives. > > Also post using plain text to prevent your code from being mangled on its > way to us. > -- > Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. > > On February 24, 2017 5:27:07 PM PST, C W <tmrs...@gmail.com> wrote: > >In theory, I am generating from group 5 groups of random numbers, each > >group has 3 samples. > > > >Isn't apply() the replacement of loops? > > > >On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 8:23 PM, Jeff Newmiller > ><jdnew...@dcn.davis.ca.us> > >wrote: > > > >> What is wrong with > >> > >> dat <- matrix(rnorm(15), nrow=5, ncol = 3) > >> > >> ? > >> > >> And what is this "no loop drama" you refer to? I use loops frequently > >to > >> loop around large memory gobbling chunks of code. > >> > >> -- > >> Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. > >> > >> On February 24, 2017 5:02:46 PM PST, C W <tmrs...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >Dear R, > >> > > >> >I wanted to simulate a 5 by 3 matrix which fills up by either rows > >or > >> >columns? > >> > > >> >I started with the following filling the matrix by rows, > >> > > >> >dat <- matrix(NA, nrow=5, ncol = 3) > >> > > >> >for(i in 1:5){ > >> > > >> > dat[i, ] <- rnorm(3) > >> > > >> >} > >> > > >> >But, R is known for no loop drama. Any suggestions? > >> > > >> >Thanks! > >> > > >> > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > >> > > >> >______________________________________________ > >> >R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > >> >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. > >> > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.