Re: [R] some R exercises

2012-05-09 Thread Florian Weiler
Just thought about it, you can have this of course "cheaper" without the loops. Like this: fun1 <- function(x) sum((x-mean(x))^2)/(length(x)+1) fun2 <- function(x) sum((x-mean(x))^2)/(length(x)) x <- rexp(15) fun1(x) fun2(x) -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/some-R-

Re: [R] some R exercises

2012-05-09 Thread Florian Weiler
On Exercise 5, how about this (I'm rather new to R as well, so no guarantee this is right and I'm sure there are more efficient ways to do this!): fun1 <- function(x) { y <- 0 for (i in 1:length(x)) {y[i] <- (x[i]-mean(x))^2} sum(y)/(length(x)+1) } fun2 <- function(x) { y <- 0 for