[R] using apply to a data frame

[John Sorkin]

‪‪I would like to apply a function, fract, to the columns of a
dataframe. I tried the following 
apply(data5NonEventEpochs,2,fract)
but, no surprise it did not work as apply works on matrices not data
frames. How can I apply a fuction to the columns of a data frame? (I
can't covert data5NonEventsEpochs to a matrix as it contains character
data).
Thank you,
John
John David Sorkin M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine
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