R help - Aug 2009 - apply function to named numeric object

Maybe a very basic question.
How can I get mean of a object like this
> str(object)
 num [1:53, 1:2] 734 734 736 734 736 ...
 - attr(*, "dimnames")=List of 2
  ..$ : NULL
  ..$ : chr [1:2] "x" "y"

I want the mean of both x and y
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Paulo E. Cardoso

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On Aug 3, 2009, at 9:07 AM, Paulo Eduardo Cardoso wrote:
> Maybe a very basic question.
> How can I get mean of a object like this
>
>> str(object)
> num [1:53, 1:2] 734 734 736 734 736 ...
> - attr(*, "dimnames")=List of 2
>  ..$ : NULL
>  ..$ : chr [1:2] "x" "y"
>
> I want the mean of both x and y
apply(object, 2, mean)

or...

colMeans(object)  # which will be faster

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> Paulo E. Cardoso
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