Hi, it is possible. but don't you think it will slow the code if you convert to data.frame?
Thanks Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2012 18:31:35 -0800 From: ml-node+s789695n4650500...@n4.nabble.com To: frespi...@hotmail.com Subject: RE: Summary statistics for matrix columns HI, Is it possible to use as.matrix()? res<-sapply(data.frame(x),function(x) c(summary(x),sd=sd(x),IQR=IQR(x))) res1<-as.matrix(res) is.matrix(res1) #[1] TRUE res1[c(1:4,7,5,8,6),] # Col1 Col2 Col3 Col4 Col5 Col6 Col7 Col8 #Min. 10.00000 1.00000 17.00000 3.00000 18.00000 11.00000 13.00000 15.00000 #1st Qu. 24.75000 29.50000 26.00000 7.75000 40.00000 17.25000 27.50000 34.75000 #Median 34.00000 46.00000 42.50000 35.50000 49.50000 23.50000 51.50000 51.50000 #Mean 42.50000 42.75000 41.75000 35.75000 44.88000 26.88000 44.75000 50.12000 #sd 25.05993 27.77846 19.57221 28.40397 16.39196 16.60841 21.97239 25.51995 #3rd Qu. 67.75000 58.50000 50.00000 63.25000 54.25000 30.25000 56.25000 70.50000 #IQR 43.00000 29.00000 24.00000 55.50000 14.25000 13.00000 28.75000 35.75000 #Max. 74.00000 77.00000 76.00000 70.00000 65.00000 63.00000 79.00000 80.00000 # Col9 Col10 #Min. 2.00000 6.00000 #1st Qu. 24.50000 12.50000 #Median 33.50000 48.00000 #Mean 34.88000 40.75000 #sd 24.39811 28.21727 #3rd Qu. 45.25000 63.00000 #IQR 20.75000 50.50000 #Max. 71.00000 72.00000 Solves the order and the matrix output! A.K. If you reply to this email, your message will be added to the discussion below: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Summary-statistics-for-matrix-columns-tp4650489p4650500.html To unsubscribe from Summary statistics for matrix columns, click here. NAML -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Summary-statistics-for-matrix-columns-tp4650489p4650501.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. [[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.