dimitris, this helps me very much, thank you! marion 2011/9/29 Dimitris Rizopoulos <d.rizopou...@erasmusmc.nl>
> One option is mapply(), e.g., > > > mylist <- list("v1"=c(1,2,2,1), "v2"=c(2,2,2,1), "v3"=c(1,1,1,1)) > myvector <- c(100, 10000, 1000000) > > mapply("*", mylist, myvector) > mapply("*", mylist, myvector, SIMPLIFY = FALSE) > > > I hope it helps. > > Best, > Dimitris > > > > > On 9/29/2011 11:43 AM, Marion Wenty wrote: > >> hello everybody, >> >> i have got a question about lists: >> >> i have got the following commands: >> >> mylist<- list("v1"=c(1,2,2,1),"v2"=c(2,**2,2,1),"v3"=c(1,1,1,1)) >> myvector<- c(100,10000,1000000) >> >> now i would like to multiply each element of the list with the >> corresponding >> element of the vector, that is to say: >> v1*100 >> v2*10000 >> v3*1000000 >> i only could think of lapply which can only be used to multiply each >> element >> of the list with the same number, i think. >> >> thank you very much in advance for your help, >> marion >> >> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> >> ______________________________**________________ >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/**listinfo/r-help<https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help> >> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/** >> posting-guide.html <http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html> >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >> >> > -- > Dimitris Rizopoulos > Assistant Professor > Department of Biostatistics > Erasmus University Medical Center > > Address: PO Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, the Netherlands > Tel: +31/(0)10/7043478 > Fax: +31/(0)10/7043014 > Web: > http://www.erasmusmc.nl/**biostatistiek/<http://www.erasmusmc.nl/biostatistiek/> > [[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.