Applying a Function over an Object in R Programming – sapply() Function Last Updated : 19 Jun, 2020 Improve Improve Like Article Like Save Share Report sapply() function in R Language takes list, vector or data frame as input and gives output in vector or matrix. It is useful for operations on list objects and returns a list object of same length of original set. Syntax: sapply(X, FUN) Parameters: X: A vector or an object FUN: Function applied to each element of x Example 1: # R program to illustrate # sapply function # Getting the value of Biochemical oxygen # demand data set BOD # Calling sapply() function which # will sum the data of each columns # of BOD sapply(BOD, sum) Output: Time demand 1 1 8.3 2 2 10.3 3 3 19.0 4 4 16.0 5 5 15.6 6 7 19.8 Time demand 22 89 Example 2: # R program to illustrate # sapply function # Initializing a list mylist <- list(c(1, 2, 3, 4), c(2, 4, 6, 8), c(1, 3, 5, 7)) # Calling the sapply() function which # will calculate mean of each vector elements sapply(mylist, mean) Output: [1] 2.5 5.0 4.0 Like Article Suggest improvement Previous Check if an Object of the Specified Name is Defined or not in R Programming - exists() Function Next Create a Tabular representation of Data in R Programming - table() Function Share your thoughts in the comments Add Your Comment Please Login to comment...