is this what you are looking for: > x <- read.table(textConnection(" V1 > V2 V3 V4 V5 + 1 1007_s_at DDR1 2865.1 2901.3 1978.3 + 2 1053_at RFC2 103.6 81.6 108.0 + 3 117_at HSPA6 222.0 222.5 306.2 + 4 121_at PAX8 2146.3 2457.2 1901.9 + 5 1255_g_at GUCA1A 226.5 321.2 109.2 + 6 1294_at UBE1L 296.6 424.6 406.1 + 7 1316_at THRA 339.9 354.2 178.3 + 8 1320_at PTPN21 78.4 36.2 185.2"), header=TRUE) > closeAllConnections() > kurtosis <-function(x) (mean((x-mean(x))^4))/(sd(x)^4) #x is a vector > cbind(x, kurtosis=apply(x, 1, function(z) > kurtosis(as.numeric(unlist(z[3:5]))))) V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 kurtosis 1 1007_s_at DDR1 2865.1 2901.3 1978.3 0.6666667 2 1053_at RFC2 103.6 81.6 108.0 0.6666667 3 117_at HSPA6 222.0 222.5 306.2 0.6666667 4 121_at PAX8 2146.3 2457.2 1901.9 0.6666667 5 1255_g_at GUCA1A 226.5 321.2 109.2 0.6666667 6 1294_at UBE1L 296.6 424.6 406.1 0.6666667 7 1316_at THRA 339.9 354.2 178.3 0.6666667 8 1320_at PTPN21 78.4 36.2 185.2 0.6666667 >
On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 10:31 PM, Gundala Viswanath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I have the following function: > >> kurtosis <-function(x) (mean((x-mean(x))^4))/(sd(x)^4) #x is a vector > > and data > >> print(mydata) > V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 > 1 1007_s_at DDR1 2865.1 2901.3 1978.3 > 2 1053_at RFC2 103.6 81.6 108.0 > 3 117_at HSPA6 222.0 222.5 306.2 > 4 121_at PAX8 2146.3 2457.2 1901.9 > 5 1255_g_at GUCA1A 226.5 321.2 109.2 > 6 1294_at UBE1L 296.6 424.6 406.1 > 7 1316_at THRA 339.9 354.2 178.3 > 8 1320_at PTPN21 78.4 36.2 185.2 > > Now, I want to: > 1. apply the kurtosis function to every row in the data (starting > from V3 to V5) > 2. bind the output of the kurtosis function to mydata. > > Why my code below doesn't work? What's the solution for it? > > binded_mydata_withkurt <- cbind(mydata, > kurt=apply(mydata,1,kurtosis(mydata[,3:ncol(repo.dat)]),na.rm = TRUE)) > > > - Gundala Viswanath > Jakarta - Indonesia > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > -- Jim Holtman Cincinnati, OH +1 513 646 9390 What is the problem you are trying to solve? ______________________________________________ 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.