a_ply {plyr} | R Documentation |
For each slice of an array, apply function and discard results
a_ply(.data, .margins, .fun = NULL, ..., .expand = TRUE, .progress = "none", .print = FALSE)
.data |
matrix, array or data frame to be processed |
.margins |
a vector giving the subscripts to split
up |
.fun |
function to apply to each piece |
... |
other arguments passed on to |
.expand |
if |
.progress |
name of the progress bar to use, see
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.print |
automatically print each result? (default:
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All plyr functions use the same split-apply-combine
strategy: they split the input into simpler pieces, apply
.fun
to each piece, and then combine the pieces
into a single data structure. This function splits
matrices, arrays and data frames by dimensions and
discards the output. This is useful for functions that
you are calling purely for their side effects like
display plots and saving output.
Hadley Wickham (2011). The Split-Apply-Combine Strategy for Data Analysis. Journal of Statistical Software, 40(1), 1-29. http://www.jstatsoft.org/v40/i01/.