Exploiting vectorized operations
Some R functions can operate on vectors as a whole. The function can either be a built-in R function or a custom function. In your own code, before you resort to a loop to process all elements of a vector, see whether you can exploit an existing vectorized function.
Getting ready
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How to do it...
To exploit vectorized operations follow these steps:
- Operate on all elements of vector(s) without explicit iteration (vectorized operations):
> first.name <- c("John", "Jane", "Tom", "Zach") > last.name <- c("Doe", "Smith", "Glock", "Green") > # The paste function below operates on vectors ...
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