Also, have a look at each() in the plyr package,
library(plyr)
each(length, mean, var)(rnorm(100))
baptiste
2009/9/28 trumpetsaz <stephaniezim...@gmail.com>:
>
> I am trying to write a function that will have an input of a vector of
> functions. Here is a simplistic example.
> sumstats <- c(mean,sd)
> sumstats[1]
> #Gives this error
> #> sumstats[1]
> #[[1]]
> #function (x, ...)
> #UseMethod("mean")
> #<environment: namespace:base>
>
> I thought about restricting the input to character variables such as the
> following
> sumstats2 <- c("mean","sd")
> Is there a way to change "mean" to the function mean?
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