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R: Difference between apply vs sapply vs lapply vs tapply?

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What are the differences between following functions in R?

posted Feb 11, 2015 by Khusboo

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apply - When you want to apply a function to the rows or columns or both of a matrix and output is a one-dimensional if only row or column is selected else it is a 2D-matrix
lapply - When you want to apply a function to each element of a list in turn and get a list back.
sapply - When you want to apply a function to each element of a list in turn, but you want a vector back, rather than a list.
tapply - When you want to apply a function to subsets of a vector and the subsets are defined by some other vector, usually a factor.

answer Feb 12, 2015 by Salil Agrawal
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