[R] multiply for vector in R

[ecatchpole]

Guolian Kang wrote on 10/24/2007 01:37 PM:
> Dear All,
>
> Is there a conmand to calculate the multiplication of the elements in a vector? For example:
>
> a=c(1,2,3,4)
> I want to get 1*2*3*4=24. 
> Because the dimension of the vector is high, I want to know there is a command for this task in R?
>
> Thank you so much!
>
> Kang
>
>   

?prod

Ted.

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