It’s sometimes faster to ask from someone who has already learnt the syntax. In this case one has to do e.g.
names(data$somecol) To get the collection and then iteration through it is almost like in Python: for(i in names(data$somecol)) { # do something } > Bert Gunter <bgunter.4...@gmail.com> kirjoitti 6.11.2017 kello 19.55: > > Time to go through a tutorial or two! -- This forum cannot replace such self > study. > > Your query evidences some basic confusion, but ?tapply or the equivalent > lapply(split(...)) construct are most likely relevant. > > Cheers, > Bert > > > > Bert Gunter > > "The trouble with having an open mind is that people keep coming along and > sticking things into it." > -- Opus (aka Berkeley Breathed in his "Bloom County" comic strip ) > > On Mon, Nov 6, 2017 at 9:40 AM, mviljamaa <mvilja...@kapsi.fi > <mailto:mvilja...@kapsi.fi>> wrote: > How can I do a for loop that does to a data.frame column what: > > for x in xs: > > does in Python? > > Obviously the data.frame column in question holds "levels". What if the > data.frame is in matrix form? > > BR, Matti > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org <mailto:R-help@r-project.org> mailing list -- To > UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > 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. > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ 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.