R: Looping over vector of strings for function input

Question

I have a vector of inputs in R and a function f.

inputs <- c('input1','input2','input3',...,'input10')

I want to obtain output <- c(f(input1),f(input2),...,f(input10)) without writing this out.

How can I do this in an efficient manner, and without using a for loop? Also, I'd like to do this without referring to the subscript on input (I just numbered it for the sake of this question).

Further, f('input1') does not work while f(input1) does. How can I resolve this?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 20 '20 at 22:54

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Hope Vectorize could help

Vectorize(f)(inputs)

answered Jul 20 '20 at 22:54

ThomasIsCoding

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I still seem to run into the issue of "f('input1') does not work while f(input1) does." How can I fix 'inputs'? – FakeAnalyst56 Jul 20 '20 at 22:56
Oh I think I figured it out: using mgets(inputs). – FakeAnalyst56 Jul 20 '20 at 23:00
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@FakeAnalyst56 Yes, you got it. you need `mget`, then try `sapply(mget(inuts),f)` – ThomasIsCoding Jul 20 '20 at 23:01

R: Looping over vector of strings for function input

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