One option is mapply(), e.g.,
mylist <- list("v1"=c(1,2,2,1), "v2"=c(2,2,2,1),
"v3"=c(1,1,1,1))
myvector <- c(100, 10000, 1000000)
mapply("*", mylist, myvector)
mapply("*", mylist, myvector, SIMPLIFY = FALSE)
I hope it helps.
Best,
Dimitris
On 9/29/2011 11:43 AM, Marion Wenty wrote:> hello everybody,
>
> i have got a question about lists:
>
> i have got the following commands:
>
> mylist<-
list("v1"=c(1,2,2,1),"v2"=c(2,2,2,1),"v3"=c(1,1,1,1))
> myvector<- c(100,10000,1000000)
>
> now i would like to multiply each element of the list with the
corresponding
> element of the vector, that is to say:
> v1*100
> v2*10000
> v3*1000000
> i only could think of lapply which can only be used to multiply each
element
> of the list with the same number, i think.
>
> thank you very much in advance for your help,
> marion
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