I was off for few days and as nobody seems to answer I will try again. It is probably not trivial with matrix (possibly with combination of outer and some subsequent selection) but if you can transfer it to data frame (or list) you could use mapply
tj <- 1:5 vj <- matrix(1:25, 5,5) mapply("*", data.frame(vj), tj) anyway it is always advisable to provide some example what you want to achieve. Usually when I try to elaborate an example I find the answer myself. HTH Petr On 3 Oct 2006 at 11:50, Dina Said wrote: Date sent: Tue, 03 Oct 2006 11:50:39 +0200 From: Dina Said <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: r-help@stat.math.ethz.ch Subject: Re: [R] Summation in R > > Thanks Pikal for your reply > I want element wise summation. If t is a vector of 5, v is a matrix > of 5*5 then I want the answer to be a matrix of 5*5 by > multiplying each element in t (t_j) by each vector in v (v_j). > Dina Petr Pikal wrote: > > Hi > > you shall probably to be more specific > > tj<-rnorm(5) > vj<-matrix(25,5,5) > sum(tj*vj) > [1] 149.2977 > > gives you an answer but maybe not the answer you want. > > HTH > Petr > > > On 3 Oct 2006 at 8:58, Dina Said wrote: > > Date sent: Tue, 03 Oct 2006 08:58:15 +0200 > From: Dina Said [1]<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [R] Summation in R > > > > Hello! > > Maybe this is a trivial question as I'm still a new baby in R but I > wish that u will help me. > > I want to calculate the following > > U= sum (t_j*v_j) > > where t_j is a vector > and v_j is the matrix > > Thanks > Dina > > ______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > [4]https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide > [5]http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, > minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > > Petr Pikal > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > References > > 1. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > 2. mailto:r-help@stat.math.ethz.ch > 3. mailto:R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch > 4. https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > 5. http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > 6. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ______________________________________________ > R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch 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. Petr Pikal [EMAIL PROTECTED] ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch 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.