[R] Applying a function to each element of an array

[Ravi Varadhan]

The sum in the loop is simply:  2 - (0.5)^count.  

So you don't need this loop.  As "count" gets large, the sum approaches 2.

Ravi.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch [mailto:r-help-
> bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of Patrick Burns
> Sent: Friday, October 07, 2005 4:29 PM
> To: Tim Smith
> Cc: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
> Subject: Re: [R] Applying a function to each element of an array
> 
> If there weren't an analytic solution to your problem,
> then you could build a vector of the answers from 1
> to the maximum in the matrix.  Call that 'wtvec'.  Then:
> 
> ans <- array(NA, dim(A), dimnames(A))
> ans[] <- wtvec[as.vector(A)]
> 
> should get you what you want.
> 
> 
> Patrick Burns
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> Tim Smith wrote:
> 
> >Hi,
> >
> >I have a 7000x7000 matrix, and each element is an integer. For each
> element, I want to apply the function :
> >
> >wt <- 0
> > for(q in 1:count){
> > wt <- wt + 0.5^(q-1)
> >}
> >
> >I get the value of 'count' from the elements in the matrix , and want to
> store the corresponding 'wt' value for that element.
> >
> >I suppose I could loop through the matrix, and apply the function to each
> element but this would take a really really long time. Are there any
> quicker ways to get the same result?
> >
> >many thanks,
> >
> >Tim
> >
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