Re: [R] calculating mean of list components

2010-12-15 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 2:22 PM, Jim Maas wrote: > I get a list object from an iterative function.  I'm trying to figure out > the most efficient way to calculate the mean of one element, across all > components of the overall list. > > I've tried > > output <- mean (listobject[[1:5]]$element) > >

Re: [R] calculating mean of list components

2010-12-15 Thread Henrique Dallazuanna
Try this: mean(unlist(sapply(listobject[1:5], '[', 'element'))) On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 11:22 AM, Jim Maas wrote: > I get a list object from an iterative function. I'm trying to figure out > the most efficient way to calculate the mean of one element, across all > components of the overall lis

[R] calculating mean of list components

2010-12-15 Thread Jim Maas
I get a list object from an iterative function. I'm trying to figure out the most efficient way to calculate the mean of one element, across all components of the overall list. I've tried output <- mean (listobject[[1:5]]$element) to get the mean of "element" in the first five components? I