我希望能够将函数应用于一组输入参数的所有组合。我有一个可行的解决方案(如下),但如果没有更好/更通用的方法来做到这一点,例如 plyr,我会感到惊讶,但到目前为止还没有发现任何东西。有更好的解决方案吗?
# Apply function FUN to all combinations of arguments and append results to
# data frame of arguments
cmapply <- function(FUN, ..., MoreArgs = NULL, SIMPLIFY = TRUE,
USE.NAMES = TRUE)
{
l <- expand.grid(..., stringsAsFactors=FALSE)
r <- do.call(mapply, c(
list(FUN=FUN, MoreArgs = MoreArgs, SIMPLIFY = SIMPLIFY, USE.NAMES = USE.NAMES),
l
))
if (is.matrix(r)) r <- t(r)
cbind(l, r)
}
例子:
# calculate sum of combinations of 1:3, 1:3 and 1:2
cmapply(arg1=1:3, arg2=1:3, 1:2, FUN=sum)
# paste input arguments
cmapply(arg1=1:3, arg2=c("a", "b"), c("x", "y", "z"), FUN=paste)
# function returns a vector
cmapply(a=1:3, b=2, FUN=function(a, b) c("x"=b-a, "y"=a+b))