[R] Equivalent to matlab ".*" operator in R

[Ruima E.]

Thank you Chel Hee.

Isn't there a simpler way to do so?


On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 3:35 PM, Chel Hee Lee <chl948 at mail.usask.ca> wrote:
>> y = matrix(cbind(c(0, 0.5, 1),c(0, 0.5, 1)),ncol=2)
>> z = matrix(c(12, -6),ncol=2)
>> t(apply(y, 1, function(x) x*z))
>      [,1] [,2]
> [1,]    0    0
> [2,]    6   -3
> [3,]   12   -6
>
> I hope this helps.
>
> Chel Hee Lee
>
> On 14-11-19 08:22 AM, Ruima E. wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have this:
>>
>> y = matrix(cbind(c(0, 0.5, 1),c(0, 0.5, 1)),ncol=2)
>> z = matrix(c(12, -6),ncol=2)
>>
>> In matlab I would do this
>>
>>> y .* x
>> I would get this in matlab
>>
>>> ans
>> 0    -0
>> 6    -3
>> 12   -6
>>
>> What is the equivalent in R?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
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