Do you mean to apply the same calculation to each element? ? apply
mydata <- data.frame(aa = 1:5, bb= 11:15) mp5 <- function(x) x*5 mp5data <- apply(mydata, 2, mp5) mp5data This is functionally equivelent to a double if loop. mydata <- data.frame(aa = 1:5, bb= 11:15) newdata <- data.frame(matrix(rep(NA,10), nrow=5)) for (i in 1:length(mydata[1,])) { for (j in 1:5) { newdata[j,i] <- mydata[j,i]*5 } } newdata --- On Fri, 10/30/09, Robert Wilkins <robst...@gmail.com> wrote: > From: Robert Wilkins <robst...@gmail.com> > Subject: [R] how to loop thru a matrix or data frame , and append > calculations to a new data frame? > To: r-help@r-project.org > Received: Friday, October 30, 2009, 11:46 AM > How do you do a double loop through a > matrix or data frame , and > within each iteration , do a calculation and append it to a > new, > second data frame? > (So, if your original matrix or data frame is 4 x 5 , then > 20 > calculations are done, and the new data frame, which had 0 > rows to > start with, now has 20 rows) > > ______________________________________________ > 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.