Dear Bert, The easiest thing would be to merge both datasets and then multiply the corresponding columns.
both <- merge(df1, df2) both[, 3:22] * both[, 23:42] HTH, Thierry -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: r-help-boun...@r-project.org namens Bert Jacobs Verzonden: ma 7-6-2010 20:29 Aan: r-help@r-project.org Onderwerp: [R] Multiply Two Dataframes Hi, I have the following two dataframes (Df1 and Df2): Df1 has a layout like ID Location Var1 Var2 Var3 . Var20 A Loc2 1 1 1 . 1 A Loc1 0 1 0 . 1 B Loc1 0 0 0 . 0 A Loc3 1 0 1 . 0 C Loc3 1 0 1 . 0 B Loc2 0 0 0 . 1 D . .. Df2 has a layout like ID Var1 Var2 Var3 .. Var20 A 0.2 0.3 0.2 .... 0.15 B 0.1 0.1 0.1 . 0.1 C 0 0 0 . 0.50 D . . And I like to have the following result ID Location Var1 Var2 Var3 . Var20 A Loc2 0.2 0.3 0.2 . 0.15 A Loc1 0 0.3 0 . 0.15 B Loc1 0 0 0 . 0 A Loc3 0.2 0 0.2 . 0 C Loc3 0 0 0 . 0 B Loc2 0 0 0 . 0.1 D . .. Is this easy doable in R? I've tried to figure it out with mapply but without result. Thanks for helping me out. Bert [[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. Druk dit bericht a.u.b. niet onnodig af. Please do not print this message unnecessarily. Dit bericht en eventuele bijlagen geven enkel de visie van de schrijver weer en binden het INBO onder geen enkel beding, zolang dit bericht niet bevestigd is door een geldig ondertekend document. The views expressed in this message and any annex are purely those of the writer and may not be regarded as stating an official position of INBO, as long as the message is not confirmed by a duly signed document. [[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.