Wow, you are quite confused! Have you gone through any basic R tutorials (there are many good ones on the web), as it sure looks like you have not and therefore have almost no idea how to use R. If that is the case, it is unlikely that this list (or R!) is going to be much use to you.
Anyway, apply() is a standard *built-in function* in base R. There is NO apply package. -- 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 Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 3:39 PM, Olu Ola via R-help <r-help@r-project.org> wrote: > Here is the warning message that appears when I tried installing the apply > package: > install.packages("apply")Installing package into > ‘C:/Users/Olufemi/Documents/R/win-library/3.2’(as ‘lib’ is > unspecified)Warning in install.packages : package ‘apply’ is not available > (for R version 3.2.2) > Regards > > On Friday, November 11, 2016 6:37 PM, Ista Zahn <istaz...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > What makes you think " apply' does not work in R 3.2.2"? > On Nov 11, 2016 6:24 PM, "Olu Ola via R-help" <r-help@r-project.org> wrote: > > Hello,I quite understand that apply is doing what it is supposed to do. I > actually found that example online. However, "apply" package is not > compatible with R 3.2.2 and as a result, I could not use the code. That is > why I am asking for an alternative to "apply" that can be used to do the same > thing. > Regards > > On Friday, November 11, 2016 4:08 PM, "MacQueen, Don" > <macque...@llnl.gov> wrote: > > > Df.1$D looks correct to me. For example, in the third row, 7*2=14 is > correct with the NA removed. > > -Don > > -- > Don MacQueen > > Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory > 7000 East Ave., L-627 > Livermore, CA 94550 > 925-423-1062 > > > > > > On 11/11/16, 12:45 PM, "R-help on behalf of Olu Ola via R-help" > <r-help-boun...@r-project.org on behalf of r-help@r-project.org> wrote: > >> Hello,I have a dataset that is similar to the one as follows: >> >>> Df.1 <- data.frame(A = c(5,4,7,6,8,4),B = >>>(c(1,5,2,4,9,1)),C=(c(2,3, NA,5,NA,9))) >>> Df.1 >> A B C >>1 5 1 2 >>2 4 5 3 >>3 7 2 NA >>4 6 4 5 >>5 8 9 NA >>6 4 1 9 >>> Df.1$D = apply(Df.1, 1, prod, na.rm=T) >>> Df.1$D[1] 10 60 14 120 72 36 >>> Df.1 >> A B C D >>1 5 1 2 10 >>2 4 5 3 60 >>3 7 2 NA 14 >>4 6 4 5 120 >>5 8 9 NA 72 >>6 4 1 9 36I intend to obtain a column D that takes into account na.rm=T >>but 'apply' does not work in R 3.2.2 >> >>A way forward will be greatly appreciated. >> >> [[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. > > > > [[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. > > > > [[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. ______________________________________________ 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.