[R] filling a matrix who's entries are a function of the indices?

[Douglas G. Scofield]

Dear R list,

What's the best way in R to fill a matrix who's entries depend on some
function of the indices?  I'm currently doing:

   Q <- matrix(0, k, k)
   for (A in 1:k) {
      for (B in 1:k) {
         Q[A,B] <- my.function(A,B)
      }
   }

but I wonder if there is a more terse way.

Regards,

Douglas Scofield                 Department of Biology 
d.scofield at umiami.edu            University of Miami
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