I think this is really answered already in my previous post but just in case try this:
> res1 <- t(apply(mat1, 1, cor, t(mat2))) > res2 <- cor(t(mat1), t(mat2)) > all.equal(res1, res2, check.attributes = FALSE) [1] TRUE On 7/24/07, Bernzweig, Bruce (Consultant) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm calculating correlations between two matrices > > > > mat1 <- matrix(sample(1:500,25), ncol = 5, > > dimnames=list(paste("mat1row", 1:5, sep=""), > > paste("mat1col", 1:5, sep=""))) > > > > mat2 <- matrix(sample(501:1000,25), ncol = 5, > > dimnames=list(paste("mat2row", 1:5, sep=""), > > paste("mat2col", 1:5, sep=""))) > > > > using what would seem to be two similar methods: > > > > Method 1: > > > > > f <- function(x,y) cor(x,y) > > > apply(mat1, 1, f, y=mat2) > > > > Method 2: > > > > > cor(mat1, mat2) > > > > However, the results (see blow) are different: > > > > > apply(mat1, 1, f, y=mat2) > > > > mat1row1 mat1row2 mat1row3 mat1row4 mat1row5 > > [1,] -0.27601028 -0.1352143 0.03538690 -0.03084075 -0.60171704 > > [2,] -0.01595532 -0.3881197 -0.43663982 0.49081806 0.33291995 > > [3,] 0.35969624 -0.0582948 0.57462169 0.09926796 -0.02948423 > > [4,] -0.41435920 -0.7164638 -0.21213496 -0.55183934 -0.25341790 > > [5,] 0.33802803 0.5371508 0.05219095 0.83533575 0.17850291 > > > > > cor(mat1, mat2) > > mat2col1 mat2col2 mat2col3 mat2col4 mat2col5 > > mat1col1 -0.84077496 -0.01538414 -0.6078933 -0.2263840 -0.1421335 > > mat1col2 0.23074421 0.54606286 -0.2354733 0.5214255 -0.2129077 > > mat1col3 -0.80000528 0.19550100 -0.5920509 -0.8694040 0.6853990 > > mat1col4 0.08050976 -0.55449840 0.6225666 0.6187971 -0.8971584 > > mat1col5 -0.10199564 -0.43854767 -0.5803077 -0.5100285 0.2848351 > > > > Also, for method 2, the calculations are done on a column x column > basis. Is there any way to do this on a row by row basis. Looking at > the help page for cor, I don't see any parameters that could be used to > do this. > > > > Thanks, > > > > - Bruce > > > > > ********************************************************************** > Please be aware that, notwithstanding the fact that the pers...{{dropped}} > > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > > ______________________________________________ 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.