Hi Mohammad, You need to download and then install the zoo package. Here is an example:
> install.packages('zoo') > require(zoo) > x<-1:20 > 4*rollmean(x,4) [1] 10 14 18 22 26 30 34 38 42 46 50 54 58 62 66 70 74 HTH, Jorge On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 10:16 PM, Mohammad Sabr <mohammad_s...@yahoo.com>wrote: > Thanks Jorge, > > I tried to use the rollapply function as follows: > > rollapply(data_m ,4 , sum, by =1 , by.column = TRUE) > > but it is giving me the following error message: > > Error in UseMethod("rollapply") : no applicable method for "rollapply" > > Is there any file that I need to install or update. I reinstalled the zoo > package but I still getting the previous problem. > > Thank you for your assistance, > > > --- On *Sun, 3/1/09, Jorge Ivan Velez <jorgeivanve...@gmail.com>* wrote: > > From: Jorge Ivan Velez <jorgeivanve...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [R] Partial sum of a vector > To: "Mohammad Sabr" <mohammad_s...@yahoo.com> > Cc: r-help@r-project.org > Date: Sunday, March 1, 2009, 10:49 PM > > > Dear Mohammad, > Take a look at the rollmean function in the zoo package. > > HTH, > > Jorge > > On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 9:29 PM, Mohammad Sabr <mohammad_s...@yahoo.com>wrote: > >> I am trying to run a loop where I can sum parts of a matrix. For example, >> I want at each step in the loop to sum the the next 4-values of a vector. I >> tried to do the following but the result were wrong: >> >> for (i in 4:T) { >> data_q[i-3,]=sum(data_m[i-3,]:data_m[i,]) >> } >> >> can anyone please direct me on what should I do to run this loop properly >> >> Thanks in advance >> [[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<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 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.