> On Apr 7, 2016, at 1:25 PM, John Sorkin <jsor...@grecc.umaryland.edu> wrote: > > > 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.
As Bert pointed out your analsysis is incorrect. If `fract` is function that takes a single vector then you should have gotten back a list or a matrix with as many entries or columns as the data5NonEventEpochs had columns. So to do anything further, please post the output of dput(fract) -- David. > 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 > Chief, Biostatistics and Informatics > University of Maryland School of Medicine Division of Gerontology and > Geriatric Medicine > Baltimore VA Medical Center > 10 North Greene Street > GRECC (BT/18/GR) > Baltimore, MD 21201-1524 > (Phone) 410-605-7119 > (Fax) 410-605-7913 (Please call phone number above prior to faxing) > > Confidentiality Statement: > This email message, including any attachments, is for ...{{dropped:16}} ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.