Thanks for both replies, here is the cleaner version, > > n<-5 > N<-10 > > data.x<-matrix(1:(n*N),ncol=n) > data.y<-matrix(1:(n*N) + rnorm(n*N,sd=1),ncol=n) > > matplot(data.x,data.y,t="p",pch=1:n,bty="n") > > mapply(function(x,y){res <- lm(y~x) ; lines(x,predict(res)) ; res} , > as.data.frame(data.x),as.data.frame(data.y),SIMPLIFY=F)
Out of curiosity, I'm not sure if one could get the lines colored corresponding to their index within mapply (or any function of the apply family for that matter). Is there a special trick to refer to the index under evaluation? Thanks again, baptiste On 12 Apr 2008, at 20:08, Henrique Dallazuanna wrote: > Try > mapply(function(x,y)lm(y~x),as.data > .frame(data.x),as.data.frame(data.y),SIMPLIFY=F) > > 2008/4/12, baptiste Auguié <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> Hello R list, >> >> >> I have two matrices of identical dimensions, and I want to fit a >> straight line for each pair of columns and plot the resulting lines. >> I got it to work with a for loop, but there must be a better way, >> >> >>> n<-5 >>> N<-10 >>> >>> data.x<-matrix(1:(n*N),ncol=n) >>> data.y<-matrix(1:(n*N) + rnorm(n*N,sd=1),ncol=n) >>> >>> matplot(data.x,data.y,t="p",pch=1:n,bty="n") >>> >>> for (ii in 1:n) >>> { >>> test <- lm(y~x,data=list(x=data.x[,ii],y=data.y[,ii]) ) >>> lines(data.x[,ii],test$coefficients[1] + test$coefficients[2] * >>> data.x[,ii],lty=2,col=ii) >>> } >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> baptiste >> >> >> _____________________________ >> >> Baptiste Auguié >> >> Physics Department >> University of Exeter >> Stocker Road, >> Exeter, Devon, >> EX4 4QL, UK >> >> Phone: +44 1392 264187 >> >> http://newton.ex.ac.uk/research/emag >> http://projects.ex.ac.uk/atto >> >> ______________________________________________ >> 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. >> > > > -- > Henrique Dallazuanna > Curitiba-Paraná-Brasil > 25° 25' 40" S 49° 16' 22" O _____________________________ Baptiste Auguié Physics Department University of Exeter Stocker Road, Exeter, Devon, EX4 4QL, UK Phone: +44 1392 264187 http://newton.ex.ac.uk/research/emag http://projects.ex.ac.uk/atto ______________________________________________ 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.