[R] Operating matrix positions

[Charles C. Berry]

On Thu, 11 Oct 2007, Svempa wrote:

>
> I have two equally long lists of equally large matrices . I now want to
> generate a column that consists of the differences between position [i,j] in
> matrix k in each list. That is, the first position in this new column is
> 'position [1,1] in matrix 1 (of list 1)' minus 'position [1,1] in matrix 1
> (of list 2)', and so on, continuing to the next matrix as soon as the
> current one is searched through.
>
> It seems like an easy problem, but I cannot seem to get the loops correct.


Perhaps you want this or its transpose :

  	mapply( "-", list1, list2 )

Chuck

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